self-will

Betekenis (Engels)

The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.

Sinonieme

obstinacy

stubbornness

willfulness

self-command

pigheadedness

bullheadedness

possession

self-control

self-possession

wayward

willpower

will power

obstinance

capricious

arrogance

disobedience

volition

acting as one likes

wilful

wilfulness

mulishness

obduracy

obdurateness

insubordination

obstinateness

will

independence

Vertalings

Eigensinn

ισχυρογνωμοσύνη

ostinazione

albedrío

entestament

testarrudesa

força de voluntat

Eigensinnigkeit

entercament

Selbstsucht

Selbstüberwindung

Wille

Willensäußerung

Überwindung

tossudesa

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: self-wil

Geërf van Old English: sylfwill

Verwante met Old High German: selbwillo

Verwante met Old Norse: sjalfvili

In summary

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.