self-will

English

Etymology

From Middle English self-wil, self-wille, from Old English sylfwill, selfwill, selfwille (“self-will”), from Proto-West Germanic *selbawilljō, from Proto-Germanic *selbawiljô (“self-will”), equivalent to self- +‎ will. Cognate with Old High German selbwillo, selpwillo, Old Norse sjalfvili.

Noun

self-will (uncountable)

1. The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.

Translations

the quality of being willful and ignoring opposition

• Bulgarian: своеволие (bg) n (svoevolie)
• German: Eigensinn (de) m, Eigenwille m
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• Plautdietsch: Ieejensenn m
• Romanian: încăpățânare (ro) f

Related terms

• self-willed
• self-willedly
• self-willedness