self-sustentationn.
/ˌsɛlfsʌstɛnˈteɪʃn/, /ˌsɛlfsʌst(ə)nˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌsəst(ə)nˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Now rare.
The state or quality of being self-sustaining; the capacity to be self-sustaining; = self-sustenance n.
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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
a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 617/1 Whether the life in each plant..must be considered as the active or only the passive instrument in self-sustentation.
1890 H. Spencer in Pop. Sci. Monthly May 22 During early life, before self-sustentation has become possible.
1905 Christian Advocate 10 Aug. 1263/3 No one can keep alive his own body by sheer self-sustentation.
1981 Population & Devel. Rev. 7 526 The natural outcome of an organization adjusted to the requirements of a more costly self-sustentation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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