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- adjective Having
self-discipline , be in control of one's self and one's actions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of nonindulgent persons
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Examples
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Volunteers who were flashed the name of a self-disciplined friend did better on the test than those who were flashed the name of a non-self-disciplined friend.
Social contagions ewillett 2010
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Volunteers who were flashed the name of a self-disciplined friend did better on the test than those who were flashed the name of a non-self-disciplined friend.
Social contagions ewillett 2010
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People use the "family budget" analogy because we're supposed to respect the image of a thrifty, self-disciplined homestead.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The United States Isn't a Company and It Isn't a Family -- It's a Country. RJ 2011
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Unsurprisingly, they found that highly self-disciplined adolescents out-performed their more impulsive peers, again and again.
It's our narrow view of education that holds pupils back | Yvonne Roberts 2011
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Perhaps because the man himself, at 80, is filled with life, with a self-disciplined hedonism and with a passionate belief in the importance of his craft.
A Design Life Force Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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People use the "family budget" analogy because we're supposed to respect the image of a thrifty, self-disciplined homestead.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The United States Isn't a Company and It Isn't a Family -- It's a Country. RJ 2011
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With technology what it is today this is becoming more and more a possibility for the self-starter and self-disciplined.
Grant Cardone: Work from Home Successfully Grant Cardone 2010
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What happens for the rest of the film should have the feel of slowly encroaching fate, or a collision course between the self-disciplined but ferocious Purvis and the flamboyant but no less ferocious Dillinger.
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With technology what it is today this is becoming more and more a possibility for the self-starter and self-disciplined.
Grant Cardone: Work From Home Successfully Grant Cardone 2010
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And why, if he truly hates women, does he in the end seek help from a womansomeone as straightforward and self-disciplined as he is unsure and seemingly out of controlto repair the damage to his mind?
The Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters: Book summary 2010
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