self-created

adjective

self-cre·​at·​ed ˌself-krē-ˈā-təd 

-ˈkrē-ˌā-

: created or appointed by oneself

Workers wanted jobs that offered something new to learn, something different to do and clear identification with a self-created group, ideally demonstrated by a uniform.

—Doris Weatherford

This group represented what was essentially a self-created nobility.

—Jodi Campbell

Examples of self-created in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Though the pandemic and last year’s Hollywood strikes exacerbated things, AMC’s debt dilemma is largely self-created. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 July 2024

Biden has identified the defining strategic challenge of the twenty-first century, but the problems—both inherent and self-created—are already daunting. —Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined above