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单词 self-dependence
释义

self-dependencen.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfdᵻˈpɛnd(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈpɛnd(ə)ns/
Forms: see self- prefix and dependence n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, dependence n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + dependence n.
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.
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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
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).
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