A surname.

(computing, cryptography) Of a security certificate: signed by the same entity whose identity it certifies; signed with its own private key.

(computing, cryptography) The use of self-signed security certificates.

(informal, derogatory) Reminiscent of self-help books and other materials.

(dentistry) Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.

The act or process of self-colonizing.

To regain power after being colonized. / To be introduced into an ecosystem via natural processes.

Alternative form of self-colonization

To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.

simple past tense and past participle of self-colonize