self-subsistencen.
/ˌsɛlfsəbˈsɪst(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfsəbˈsɪst(ə)ns/ Originally: the fact or quality of existing independently of any other being or cause; self-existence. Later also: the ability to support oneself without need of external assistance; self-sufficiency.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > substantiality or subsistence > independent of anything external
self-subsistencea1631
self-subsistency1653
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > self-sufficiency
sufficiencec1384
suffisancea1450
self-sufficiency1598
autarky1617
self-dependencea1620
self-sufficience1623
self-subsistencea1631
self-support1632
self-fullness1668
self-reliance1668
self-dependency1749
self-sustainment1779
self-sustenance1786
self-sufficingness1811
substantiveness1821
self-sustentationa1832
self-containment1841
self-sufficientness1846
self-containing1850
self-supportedness1862
rugged individualism1898
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 369 We banish all self-subsistence, all attributing of any power, to any faculty of our own.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV ii. v. 339 This Independence and Self-subsistence of the Divine Wil.
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 333 Whence has it [sc. Truth] this self-subsistance and independency of being?
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Autotheist... One who believes God's self-subsistence.
1861 Reasoner 17 Mar. 167/2 To believe in Nature, in its self-existence, its self-subsistence, its self-action.
1904 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 172 It is the height of absurdity for an advocate of self-subsistence to measure prosperity by the export trade.
1951 Jrnl. Relig. 31 39/1 His [sc. God's] unqualified self-subsistence, perfection, and holiness.
2003 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 80/3 When I am..able to pursue my goal of self-subsistence, I will again be in contact.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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