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- Dictionaryself-sufficiency/ˌsɛlfsəˈfɪʃnsi/
noun
- 1. the quality or condition of being self-sufficient: "a means of developing economic self-sufficiency"
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the quality of being able to take care of yourself, to be happy, or to deal with problems, without help from other people: She encouraged self-sufficiency in her daughters. Synonym. autarky specialized. See. self-sufficient. Fewer examples.
The meaning of SELF-SUFFICIENT is able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid : capable of providing for one's own needs. How to use self-sufficient in a sentence.
able to take care of yourself, to be happy, or to deal with problems, without help from other people: She's a very self-sufficient young woman. He had never had to make a decision in his life but now he had to be entirely self-sufficient. Fewer examples. Within three years, Pakistan became self-sufficient.
: the quality or state of being self-sufficient. Synonyms. independence. self-dependence. self-reliance. self-subsistence. self-support. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of self-sufficiency in a Sentence. self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards.
Self-sufficient definition: able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance. See examples of SELF-SUFFICIENT used in a sentence.
Someone who is self-sufficient is able to live happily without anyone else. Although she had various boyfriends, she was, and remains, fiercely self-sufficient. He'd created a tiny, self-sufficient world for himself. Synonyms: independent, self-contained, self-reliant, self-sustaining More Synonyms of self-sufficient.
If you take care of yourself and don't depend much on other people, you're self-sufficient. Some 20-year-olds are self-sufficient, while others still need help from their families.
Definition of self-sufficiency noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The state or condition of not needing or relying on external assistance, support, or aid. In early use frequently identified as an attribute of God. 1598. That for which cause other things are done, & which is the end, is good; now selfe-sufficiencie [French suffisance; Greek αὐτάρκεια] is the end, & therfore exceeding good.
the quality of being able to take care of yourself, to be happy, or to deal with problems, without help from other people: She encouraged self-sufficiency in her daughters. Synonym. autarky specialized. See. self-sufficient. Fewer examples.
