self-sufficient

[ self-suh-fish-uh nt, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf səˈfɪʃ ənt, ˌsɛlf- /

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adjective

able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.

having extreme confidence in one's own resources, powers, etc.: He was self-sufficient, and always reminded you of it.

Also self-suf·fic·ing

[self-suh-fahy-sing] /ˌsɛlf səˈfaɪ sɪŋ/.

Origin of self-sufficient

First recorded in 1580–90

OTHER WORDS FROM self-sufficient

self-suf·fi·cien·cy, noun self-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb un·self-suf·fi·cien·cy, noun un·self-suf·fi·cient, adjective

un·self-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb

Words nearby self-sufficient

self-sterile, self-stick, self-storage, self-study, self-styled, self-sufficient, self-suggestion, self-support, self-supporting, self-surrender, self-sustaining

Example sentences from the Web for self-sufficiency

But such an approach works against the traditional pride in self-sufficiency espoused by many in the American middle class.

Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats |Joel Kotkin |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Domestically, the former governor offers an avowedly nationalistic agenda, focused on American self-sufficiency.

Iowa Frontrunner Mike Huckabee Talks to The Daily Beast |Lloyd Green |September 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Academic studies have found that mental health parenting evaluations often take this self-sufficiency view of parenting.

One Breakdown Can Mean Losing Your Kid Forever |ProPublica |May 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Food in Calabria was pride, self-sufficiency and community all mixed together in one mouthful.

A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of Cooking |Curtis Stone |November 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

I feel conservative in terms of limited government, individual responsibility, self-sufficiency — that sort of thing.

Ted Olson, the Conservative Republican Who Argued for Marriage Equality at the Supreme Court |Justin Green |March 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
You lack the quality of self-sufficiency that is the characteristic of the higher critical faculties.

Murder in Any Degree |Owen Johnson
Third, A dignity, courage, self-sufficiency and self-respect that comes from a belief in her own divinity.

Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers |Elbert Hubbard
Their ignorance, however, is not equal to their self-sufficiency.

The Arena |Various
Virtue has a kind of self-sufficiency; it stands upon its own basis, and cannot be injured by any violence.

Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose |John Aikin
Even bitterness were less destructive to the woman's hope than this strange counting of the cost, this self-sufficiency.

Browning's Heroines |Ethel Colburn Mayne

British Dictionary definitions for self-sufficiency

self-sufficient

self-sufficing

adjective

able to provide for or support oneself without the help of others

Derived forms of self-sufficient

self-sufficiency, noun self-sufficiently, adverb

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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self-sufficient

adjective

Origin of self-sufficient

OTHER WORDS FROM self-sufficient

Words nearby self-sufficient

Example sentences from the Web for self-sufficiency

British Dictionary definitions for self-sufficiency

self-sufficing

adjective

Derived forms of self-sufficient

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

self-sufficient

adjective

Origin of self-sufficient

OTHER WORDS FROM self-sufficient

Words nearby self-sufficient

Words related to self-sufficiency

Example sentences from the Web for self-sufficiency

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self-sufficing

adjective

Derived forms of self-sufficient

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