单词 | self-dependence |
释义 | self-dependencen. Dependence entirely upon oneself and one's own efforts, rather than on others; independence; self-sufficiency.In early use often with negative connotations of arrogance; cf. self-sufficiency n. 2. 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 a1620 M. Fotherby tr. Palingenius in Atheomastix (1622) ii. iv. 233 What e're subsisteth of it selfe, must needs be euer-lasting, As needing other none; and selfe-dependence neuer-wasting. 1654 S. Ashe Christ Riches of Gospel 34 The same Spirit of pride and self-dependence is in all our natures,..obstructing the way unto Christs welcome into the soul. 1707 S. Bury Funeral Serm. Samuel Cradock 8 He has renounced the Devil, the World, and all sinful Self-seeking and Self dependance. 1797 Illustr. Agur's Prayer 18 This [sc. worship] has a most powerful tendency to prevent highmindedness, and self dependence. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 177 The children of America have the advantage of the best possible early discipline; that of activity and self-dependence. 1857 J. H. Newman Serm. Var. Occasions vi. 93 The Omnipotence, the Self-dependence, the Self-sufficiency..of the Eternal God. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xvi. 288 His haughty self-dependence and force of will. 1962 E. Wilson Jrnl. Aug. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 110 This all has something to do with the self-dependence and strength of character of the old-life women up here. 1994 Vincentian 22 July 2/1 The whole economic situation..has sort of forced us to be thinking now of economic self-dependence rather than be depending on the outside world to help us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1620 |
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