self-imposed

1. 1.

   voluntarily assumed or endured

   “self-imposed exile”

   Similarvoluntary

Questions about self-imposed

What does self-imposed mean?

self-imposed means "voluntarily assumed or endured".

How many syllables are in self-imposed?

self-imposed has 3 syllables: sel-f-im-posed. The stress falls on "sel".

Is self-imposed a common word?

self-imposed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.