self-dependencyn.
/ˌsɛlfdᵻˈpɛnd(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈpɛnd(ə)nsi/ Dependence entirely upon oneself and one's own efforts, rather than on others; independence; self-sufficiency.
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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
1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) i. 72 The new Warmth of Self-dependency, dissolved the Adhesion, Every Off-falling Pebble became a separate Body.
1802 J. Stephen Crisis Sugar Colonies ii. 54 In the negro, the self-dependency of a rational being, the close connection between his conduct and his natural, or social welfare, are ideas perfectly new.
1853 W. Pulsford tr. J. Müller Christian Doctr. Sin II. 53 Custom..regarded as determining power, may be very well reconciled with spiritual self-dependency.
1908 Charities & Commons 18 Apr. 121/1 Can any one be reformed by subtracting from his virility,—his self-dependency and self-control?
2004 Irish Times 24 July 17/5 The ‘can-do’ attitude of those in AIB, their self-dependency and a culture where people spend much of their working lives with the bank have their downsides.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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