self-enforcing

adjective

self-en·​forc·​ing ˌself-in-ˈfȯr-siŋ 

: containing in itself the authority or means that provide for its enforcement

Examples of self-enforcing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No democratic constitution is self-enforcing, not even ones much older than the Weimar Republic was in the early 1930s. — Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-enforcing

• crowdsourcing
• reinforcing
• coursing
• forcing
• sourcing
• discoursing
• divorcing
• endorsing
• enforcing
• indorsing
• outsourcing