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self-suˈfficiency
[f. next (see -ency); in sense 1 a rendering Gr. αὐτάρκεια.]
1. The quality or condition of being self-sufficient:
a. in sense 1 a, formerly esp. as an attribute of God; now freq. in sense 1 b.
1623R. Carpenter Conscionable Christ. 59 A good..conscience is a..principall part of Gods Image in man, whereby he doth most resemble the selfe-sufficiency of God. 1701Norris Ideal World i. iii. 157 The excellent perfections of the Divinity, especially those of His self-sufficiency and independency. 1847F. W. Newman Hist. Heb. Mon. 22 The land of Israel, for so very small a tract, possessed an unusual self-sufficiency for all physical well-being. 1897J. Morley Machiavelli 26 Self-sufficiency, military strength, force, flexibility, address. 1932World Agriculture (R. Inst. Internat. Affairs Study Group) viii. 133 A measure of self-sufficiency in food is regarded as one of the primary elements in natural defence. 1953G. E. & K. R. Fussell Eng. Countrywoman iii. 90 The canopy of self-sufficiency that covered all the needs of the manor house. 1973J. & S. Seymour Self-Sufficiency i. 9 What I am interested in is post-industrial self-sufficiency: that of the person who has gone through the big-city-industrial way of life..and wants to go on to something better. 1974News & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) 7 Apr. a12/2 They argue that the 1985 target date for self-sufficiency is unrealistic, and that..some oil and gas still must be imported. 1980‘M. Innes’ Going it Alone iv. 31 She had persuaded herself..that self-sufficiency must now be the prime concern of the small rural gentry.
b. in sense 2.
1693Dryden Disc. Satire Ess. (ed. Ker) II. 18 An author of your own quality..has given you all the commendation which his self-sufficiency could afford to any man. a1704T. Brown Praise of Poverty Wks. 1730 I. 89 Such a self-sufficiency, such an overweaning conceit. 1745J. Mason Self-Knowl. ii. v. (1853) 147 An Eagerness and Zeal for Dispute on every subject, and with every one, shews great Self-sufficiency. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Doubts & F. vii. II. 211 Astonished even with all his self-sufficiency at the triumphant success of his enterprise. 1885Manch. Exam. 21 Jan. 5/2 We threw him off, and acted..with arrogant inconsiderateness and self-sufficiency.
†2. A sufficiency for oneself. Obs. rare.
1650Fuller Pisgah i. iv. 10 Commodities..whereof that Countrey had not only a self-sufficiency, but also sent plenty thereof to Tyre. |