self-control

Language

See also: self control

English

Alternative forms

self control, selfcontrol

Etymology

From self- +‎ controlCategory:English terms prefixed with self-#CONTROL.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SELFCONTROL
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹəʊl/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SELFCONTROL
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SELFCONTROL
Hyphenation: self-control

Noun

self-control (usually uncountable, plural self-controls)Category:English lemmas#SELFCONTROL Category:English nouns#SELFCONTROL Category:English uncountable nouns#SELFCONTROL Category:English countable nouns#SELFCONTROL Category:English multiword terms#SELFCONTROL Category:English entries with incorrect language header#SELFCONTROL Category:Pages with entries#SELF-CONTROL Category:Pages with 1 entry#SELF-CONTROL

The ability to control one's desires and impulses.
Synonyms: self-command, self-discipline, self-mastery, self-regulation

Antonym: undisciplinedness

Hyponym: self-restraint

Coordinate terms: self-awareness, self-criticism

Near-synonym: willpower
- 2015 July 31, Liza Lucas, “How to beat smoking, other bad habits with better self-control”, in CNN‎:
  A review of addiction research, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, suggests mindful meditation strengthens self-control in smokers, even among those smokers who haven’t set an intention to quit.
  Category:English terms with quotations#SELFCONTROL

Translations

ability to control one's desires and impulses

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Afrikaans: selfbeheersingCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#SELFCONTROL
Azerbaijani: özünüidarəetməCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#SELFCONTROL
Bulgarian: самооблада́ние (bg) n (samoobladánie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SELFCONTROL
Catalan: autocontrol (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SELFCONTROL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自我控制 (zìwǒ kòngzhì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SELF-CONTROL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SELFCONTROL, 自制力 (zh) (zìzhìlì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SELF-CONTROL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SELFCONTROL, 自我克制 (zìwǒ kèzhì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SELF-CONTROL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SELFCONTROL, 自制 (zh) (zìzhì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SELF-CONTROL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SELFCONTROL, 自控力 (zìkònglì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SELF-CONTROL Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SELFCONTROL
Czech: sebeovládání nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SELFCONTROL
Danish: selvkontrol cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SELFCONTROL
Dutch: zelfcontrole (nl) m or fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#SELFCONTROL
Esperanto: memregadoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#SELFCONTROL
Finnish: itsehillintä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SELFCONTROL
French: contrôle de soi mCategory:Terms with French translations#SELFCONTROL, maîtrise de soi (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#SELFCONTROL
Georgian: თავშეკავება (tavšeḳaveba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SELFCONTROL, თვითკონტროლი (tvitḳonṭroli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SELFCONTROL
German: Selbstbeherrschung (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SELFCONTROL, Selbstkontrolle (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SELFCONTROL
Greek: αυτοέλεγχος (el) m (aftoélenchos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SELFCONTROL
Ancient Greek: ἐγκράτεια f (enkráteia)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#SELFCONTROL, σωφροσύνη f (sōphrosúnē)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#SELFCONTROL
Hungarian: önfegyelem (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SELFCONTROL, önuralom (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SELFCONTROL
Interlingua: autocontroloCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#SELFCONTROL
Japanese: 自制 (ja) (じせい, jisei)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SELFCONTROL, 自粛 (ja) (じしゅく, jishuku)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SELFCONTROL, セルフコントロール (serufukontorōru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SELFCONTROL
Kazakh: өзін-өзі бақылау (özın-özı baqylau)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#SELFCONTROL
Korean: 자제 (ko) (jaje)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SELFCONTROL
Latin: temperantia fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SELFCONTROL
Lithuanian: savitvarda fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#SELFCONTROL
Norwegian: selvkontroll mCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#SELFCONTROL
Persian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Persian#SELFCONTROL
Polish: samokontrola (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SELFCONTROL, autokontrola (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SELFCONTROL (literary)
Portuguese: autocontrole (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SELFCONTROL
Romanian: autocontrol (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SELFCONTROL, stăpânire de sine fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SELFCONTROL
Russian: самооблада́ние (ru) n (samoobladánije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SELFCONTROL, самоконтро́ль (ru) m (samokontrólʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SELFCONTROL
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: самоконтрола fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SELFCONTROL, самоконрола fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SELFCONTROL, самосавлађивање nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SELFCONTROL

Latin: samokontrola (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SELFCONTROL, samokonrola fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SELFCONTROL, samosavlađivanje nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#SELFCONTROL
Sotho: boitshwaroCategory:Terms with Sotho translations#SELFCONTROL
Spanish: autocontrol (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SELFCONTROL, autodominio mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SELFCONTROL
Swedish: självbehärskning (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SELFCONTROL, självkontroll (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SELFCONTROL
Thai: การควบคุมตนเอง (th)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SELFCONTROL
Ukrainian: самовлада́ння n (samovladánnja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SELFCONTROL, самоконтро́ль m (samokontrólʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SELFCONTROL
Vietnamese: sự tự chủ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SELFCONTROL

Verb

self-control (third-person singular simple present self-controls, present participle self-controlling, simple past and past participle self-controlled)Category:English lemmas#SELFCONTROL Category:English verbs#SELFCONTROL Category:English multiword terms#SELFCONTROL Category:English entries with incorrect language header#SELFCONTROL Category:Pages with entries#SELF-CONTROL Category:Pages with 1 entry#SELF-CONTROL

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#SELFCONTROL, intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#SELFCONTROL) To control oneself or itself.

See also

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