self-elect
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To self-select; to choose for oneself, rather than having another choose for one.
adj
Example Sentences
- "In the fundamental part he therefore argues: “Truly good works are not self-elected works of monastic or any other holiness, but such only as God has commanded, and as are comprehended within the bounds of one's particular calling, and all works."
- "GATT Contracting Parties have self-elected their designation, most recently when the WTO was created."
- "Rather than a kind of lawlessness, these chatrooms occasion the opportunity for each community to write and enforce its own rules about online conduct and self-elect its enforcers."
- "In response, the CCPA began to “self-elect” bishops at the instigation of the government."
- "Which of ye will venture upon me? —Will you, Mr. Constable self-elect? or you, sir, with a pimple on your nose, got at Oxford by hard drinking, your only badge of loyalty?"
- "Over the past five years they have created a model of a school community council where students can 'self-elect' to be a part of a supportive framework of student-led teams."