English edit

Etymology edit

self- +‎ perfect

Verb edit

self-perfect (third-person singular simple present self-perfects, present participle self-perfecting, simple past and past participle self-perfected)

  1. To perfect itself; to make itself perfect.
    • 2014, Tristan Garcia, Form and Object: A Treatise on Things[1]:
      "Humanity self-perfects and will self-perfect."
    • 2001, M. C. Dillon, Beyond Romance[2]:
      "As one self-perfects (self-normalizes), the motivation to do evil diminishes, and the ease with which one does what is good increases."