self-sufficiency

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being self-sufficient.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

self sufficiency

Synonyms

autonomy self-reliance self-direction liberty self-determination freedom independence confidence pride dignity endurance ego durability individualism resilience
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Antonyms

control condition slavery arrest dependence custody
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Hypernyms

independence independency

Examples

Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth . Epicurus

While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe. Friedrich Schiller

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. Quentin Crisp

Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If you do not seek Him, you will not find Him. William Nicholson

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me. Alison Bechdel

The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature. Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency? Abraham Joshua Heschel

Close letter words and terms

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