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Self-imposed pressure: the expectations, standards, and
Self-imposed pressure: the expectations, standards, and demands you place on yourself that can be as sovereignty-undermining as external pressure and operates through identity rather than reasoned evaluation
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'self-imposed pressure' by identifying its genus (expectations/standards/demands placed on oneself) and differentia (sovereignty-undermining nature, operation through identity rather than reasoning). It distinguishes it from external pressure and explains its mechanism of operation.
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