self-qualifying
Meets own criteria
Self-qualifying describes a statement that demonstrates its own truth by existing.
A claim like This sentence contains five words qualifies itself—you can verify it by examining the statement.
More loosely, self-qualifying applies to assertions whose very utterance proves the point: saying I can speak is self-qualifying because speaking it confirms the ability.
Point of beginning
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
eligibility · credential · certification · competency · baseline · minimum · cutoff · specification
Probing one's innermost feelings
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
independent
Free from external control
threshold
Point of beginning
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
prerequisite · eligibility · credential · certification · competency · baseline · minimum · cutoff · specification · condition
soul-searching
Probing one's innermost feelings
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
self-qualifyingpeer-reviewed
Evaluated by field experts
accredited · credentialed · board-certified · licensed · vetted
self-qualifyingcategorical
Unconditional and explicit
absolute · unqualified · unconditional · unhedged · unequivocal
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