self-report

English

Etymology

self- + report

(something revealing bias): Coined by players of Among Us, in which the imposter can report the body of another player he has just killed, as if having just discovered it guiltlessly.

Noun

self-report (plural self-reports)

  1. A kind of survey or questionnaire in which respondents read the questions and select responses by themselves, without researcher interference.
  2. (colloquial) Something said by someone with the purpose of conveying a neutral stance on a subject but unintentionally leading to that person's bias being revealed.
    His constantly talking about rape laws was a bit of a self-report.

Verb

self-report (third-person singular simple present self-reports, present participle self-reporting, simple past and past participle self-reported)

  1. To respond in this manner.
  2. To report one's own problem or failing.
    • 2022 January 29, “Network News: First pays out after Delay Repay error”, in RAIL, number 960, page 27:
      The train operating company-owning group [...] says it self-reported the issue to the Office of Rail and Road after identifying the problem during a recent audit.

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