Definition of "self-induced" [self-induced]

• Induced by oneself or itself: self-induced vomiting. (adjective)
• Electricity Produced by self-induction. (adjective)

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• "Leslie Snow, who had an ileostomy at age nineteen and suffers from multisystem disease, thinks the notion of self-induced illness is nonsense."
• "I do NOT believe that he has crossed the line into a state of self-induced illusion wherein he actually believes what he is saying, although the final judgment on that would have to come from a mental health professional."
• "There's the high cost to people, and it's self-induced."