Definition of "self-created" [self•-cre•at•ed]

• Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another. (adjective)

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• "Kim's early life was spent in the shadows of a self-created legend, his father Kim Il-sung, who was to return to Korea in 1945 after independence from Japan, and establish, initially with Soviet and Chinese support, the DPRK."
• "And that, for me, was the key to understanding Curtis 'lasting appeal: the bald-faced nature of his charm, his vanity, his egotism, all feeding a larger-than-life persona that was self-created and that he deployed with charm and generosity for his benefit and to help others, with his talent sitting there casually in the mix, like a lone Balthus"
• "Your suffering was self-created by the labeling mind."