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单词 self-subsisting
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self-subsistingadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfsəbˈsɪstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfsəbˈsɪstɪŋ/
Forms: see self- prefix and subsisting adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, subsisting adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + subsisting adj.
Existing independently of any other being or cause; (in later use also) having means of subsistence without need of external assistance; = self-subsistent adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing > self-existent
self-being1599
self-subsisting1608
self-essential1610
self-substantial1630
self-subsistent1646
self-existing1647
self-essentiated1653
self-existent1663
self-living1668
self-standing1871
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > self-sufficient
suffisanta1340
sufficient for (to) oneself1382
substantive1543
self-suffisant1589
self-sufficient1596
self-sustaining1598
self-contained1605
self-subsisting1608
self-supporting1632
self-dependent1642
self-full1642
self-subsistent1646
self-sufficing1647
self-relying1648
self-depending1669
independent1670
self-sustained1675
unbenefitable1688
self-sufficed1709
self-supported1736
self-containing1826
self-reliant1834
autarkic1883
1608 T. Milles Custumers Alphabet & Primer sig. I.2v Who can be capable of so great a glory, by personall Right, but selfe-subsisting Maiestie?
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. iv. 321 Their Souls are not of a self-subsisting nature, they cannot exist out of them.
1700 H. Layton Search after Souls i. 13 A Perfect, Substantial, Immortal, and Self subsisting Spirit.
1794 A. E. Booth tr. B. Naubert Alf von Deulmen I. 255 There is nothing malice will not attempt; always deliberating to invent cause for censure on self-subsisting perfection.
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. i. ii. 61 Those [sc. Platonic] ideas were described as eternal and self-subsisting.
1883 London Q. Rev. Jan. 339 The physical universe is not a self-subsisting, self-ordering universe.
1945 S. Carolina Hist. & Geneal. Mag. 46 168 A twenty-five acre lot..which served them as a self-subsisting farm.
2005 M. I. Wallace Finding God in Singing River 129 The classical understanding of God as an independent, self-subsisting being.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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