self-supportedadj.
/ˌsɛlfsəˈpɔːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfsəˈpɔrdəd/ Not requiring external support (literal and figurative); spec. not requiring financial assistance.
ΘΚΠ
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
1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 50 Self-supported, without one Ally, She..quell'd her circling foes.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 483 They appear to need no foundation, being self-supported by an inherent certainty.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 124 Few self-supported flow'rs endure the wind Uninjured.
1838 in J. P. Kay Training of Pauper Children (1839) 3 The household of the self-supported labourer.
1855 F. I. Duberly Jrnl. 18 June in Mrs Duberly's War (2007) 193 Many soldiers, shot through arms and legs, walked up from the trenches, self-supported.
1925 W. A. Foster & E. Weaver Dairy Barns & Equipm. 14 The self supported roof is wholly supported by the side walls.
1955 Munic. Finance Aug. 16/1 The distinguishing characteristic of the assets of self-supported enterprises is that they produce revenues.
2001 Canad. Geographic Trav. & Adventure Spring–Summer 24/1 The majority are inexpensive and suited for self-supported travel.
Derivatives
self-suˈpportedness n.
ΘΚΠ
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
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 256 Nor may self-supportedness here be charged.
1916 Fairplay 2 Nov. 606/2 A really complete blockade of Germany would more than compensate us for that want of self-supportedness from which we may be suffering.
1990 Kenchiku Shigaku Mar. p. iv The self-supportedness of the dome during and after the construction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1736