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self-reˈliance
[self- 3 a.]
Reliance upon oneself, one's own powers, etc. (rarely with unfavourable implication).
1833J. S. Mill Let. 25 Nov. in Works (1963) XII. 195 Combining perfect self-reliance with the most unaffected modesty. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 117 In as far as they exchange self-reliance for reliance on anything out of themselves. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. 203 If we have failed again and again in meeting Temptation..it will be well to examine whether there be not some particle of self-reliance lurking at the bottom of our hearts. 1879M. Arnold Mixed Ess., Democracy 18 A self-reliance which disposed each man to act individually and independently.
So self-reˈliant a., self-reˈlying ppl. a.
1848Lytton Harold viii. iv, *Self-reliant hath Hilda called me. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 292 Publius was sent off to Spain with a..force, which a less courageous and self-reliant people would have been unwilling to spare.
1829Scott Anne of G. iii, The *self-relying resolution of a mind too virtuous to suspect evil. 1880McCarthy Own Times xl. III. 225 An independent, quiet, self-relying man.
Add: self-reˈliantly adv.
1934in Webster. 1980Summary World Broadcasts: Eastern Europe (B.B.C.) 29 Jan. a1/5 A lasting guarantee for the maintenance of general peace and security, for the ensurance [sic] of each people's right to develop freely and self-reliantly. |