Obama has taken another step in self-defining himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Geoffrey Garin: Obama's Small-Town Comments Would Damage Him In General Election -- And Super-Dels Should Consider Them] Reference

Many concepts can only be defined by reference to a self-defining set of terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

Well, that's going to be self-defining -- you can make a case any way you like.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference

NCs were designed to be as independent as possible from City Hall, and self-defining.    From Wordnik.com.  [NC's Return Fire: Opposition to Measure "R" Rising] Reference

It seems to me that it's a vacuous self-defining phrase rather than a meaningful term.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference

The egos of persons considered for judicial appointment may be large and self-defining.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to choose a Supreme Court justice] Reference

No society has achieved anything by emphasising or self-defining on the basis of difference.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Go Camping In Hampshire « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

No question could be more self-defining for critics of the period, or for critics in general.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afterword: Secularism, Cosmopolitanism, and Romanticism] Reference

Since by definition larger cities are bigger than smaller ones, that's probably self-defining.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: SLOPPY LANGUAGE LIST.] Reference

The years between college and marriage are in many ways far more self-defining than any others.    From Wordnik.com.  [I CAN DO ANYTHING, SO HOW DO I CHOOSE?] Reference

"Civil union" is self-defining -- no supernatural intrusion has weighed this phrase with oppression.    From Wordnik.com.  [We've been warned!] Reference

Perhaps it is because the center is self-defining–the great reality which cannot go unaccounted for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why do so few artists believe what I believe? - 22 Words] Reference

Those self-defining as Democrats comprised 39 percent, while those aligned as Republicans were 32 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Byron Williams: Obama's New Realignment] Reference

They overlap on the single characteristic that each would consider the most self-defining -- as reformers.    From Wordnik.com.  [In our Palinsanity, we need a Palindrome: Harass Sarah.] Reference

A fan is self-defining, in the end, and the entire term “sufficiently fannish” is a bit of an oxymoron.    From Wordnik.com.  [Well, That Didn’t Take Long « Whatever] Reference

Relating is about showing face rather than putting on a mask—which is what self-defining is, unavoidably.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subjectivity is always-already distributed] Reference

Even though I was beginning to change my mind, my distaste for her felt entrenched, and perhaps self-defining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Girls Don’t Cry] Reference

I used to collect labels like Subway stamps: eight self-defining moments are worth six inches of human progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [evolver Diary Entry] Reference

He ` s there to help his own cartels and to make sure that Iraq does not take a self-defining, independent path.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People�s History of Ancient Rome] Reference

I love it when he gets the Doctor to be defiant or self-defining which Moffat also picked up on and used in FoTD.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Who] Reference

The sudden loss of her left-brain organizational and self-defining capabilities was not, for instance, terrifying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hemorrhaging Nirvana] Reference

Self-defining is the result of inquiry; self-defining is how we become aware of our own bias, assumptions and denials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subjectivity is always-already distributed] Reference

It seems to me that many lives were lost over the self-defining and independence of Ireland, but, hey, that's just me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indian crime and proto-crime] Reference

Because the words "clear and present danger" and "grave harm" are not self-defining, there is a some plasticity in this standard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Geoffrey R. Stone: The Answer to "A First Amendment Exam Question"] Reference

We become instead children clambering for rule, for consequences to be imposed on us instead of self-respecting, self-defining adults.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2007 – December – 22] Reference

Even the definition of short, mid, and long term are subject to discussion, but for these purposes the points above are self-defining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference

With roughly 25% of the population self-defining as rightwing nutjobs, the InTrade numbers put the odds for McCain only 10 points higher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: National Race Tightens; Majority Says Obama Flip-Flopped On Key Issues] Reference

Linguist George Lakoff often reminds people that the terms we use ourselves are often just as self-defining as the terms used against us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics 101: Don't Reinforce Your Opponents' Lies] Reference

Jefferson was thinking of the abrupt end of old ties, of self-defining ties, and, I suspect, that the pain of this had to be acknowledged.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cold Man's Warm Words] Reference

Mondstrahlbleichfolgenimmerwandererufer leaps to mind as a wonderfully apt, self-defining German neologism for friendly waterborne moon rays.    From Wordnik.com.  [Word Fugitives] Reference

The beauty of what I said is that it is self-defining.    From Wordnik.com.  [open Democracy News Analysis - Comments] Reference

A few weeks later one Eric Cantona uttered his most famous, self-defining quote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference

They change over time and can absorb new people; they are largely self-defining.    From Wordnik.com.  [open Democracy News Analysis - Comments] Reference

Talk show hosts do their thing, as is their profession whether chosen, forced, or self-defining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference

Bill James said it best: "The Hall of Fame is a self-defining institution that has by and large failed to define itself".    From Wordnik.com.  [Baseball Analysts] Reference