self-selection

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English selection
English self-selection

    From self- + selection.

    Noun

    self-selection (usually uncountable, plural self-selections)

    1. Selecting oneself for something.
    2. Selecting something for oneself.
      • 2022 July 26, Mike Isaac, quoting Mark Zuckerberg, “‘Operating With Increased Intensity’: Zuckerberg Leads Meta Into Next Phase”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 October 2025:
        “I think some of you might decide that this place isn’t for you, and that self-selection is OK with me,” Mr. Zuckerberg said.
    3. (countable) An item selected by oneself.
    4. (statistics) A form of nonprobability sampling bias in which individuals select themselves into a group.

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