Self-regulatory

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That regulates without external control or monitoring. not-comparable

    "One of the primary ways autistic people use stimming is as a self-regulatory mechanism and adaptive response to inaccessible sensory landscapes."

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"One of the primary ways autistic people use stimming is as a self-regulatory mechanism and adaptive response to inaccessible sensory landscapes."

Etymology

From self- + regulatory.

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