self-initiated polymerisation

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15420
Polymerization in which initiating species are formed exclusively from the monomer.
Source:
PAC, 2008, 80, 2163. (Glossary of terms related to kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms of polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)) on page 2184 [Terms] [Paper]