self-dependentadj.
/ˌsɛlfdᵻˈpɛnd(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈpɛnd(ə)nt/ Dependent entirely upon oneself and one's own efforts, rather than on others; characterized by self-dependence.In early use often with negative connotations of arrogance; cf. self-sufficient adj. 2.
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
1642 W. Constantine Interest Eng. 7 As it [sc. England] shall conduce to Gods glory in the purity of his worship, so shall it erect a puissance selfe-dependent in this Crowne.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 93 The excellence of the Angelic nature could not preserve them when self-dependent.
1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 18 The self dependent lordlings stand alone, All kindred claims that soften life unknown.
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. ii. iv. 201 The existence of an irresponsible self-dependent Being.
1848 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation (1852) vi. 162 Salvation rests on the supernatural gift of God, and not on the self-dependent exertions of human excellence.
1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 14 A nation, rich in capital and very self-dependent.
1912 M. Booth tr. R. Eucken Main Currents Mod. Thought 305 All these movements are now oriented towards the development of a self-dependent, essential, spiritual life and spiritual reality.
1996 T. Parker Violence of our Lives iv. 167 I cut cold turkey from drugs and hell that was hard: but then for the first time I learned how to be self-dependent instead.
Derivatives
self-deˈpendently adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adverb] > self-sufficiently
self-sufficiently1646
upright1823
self-dependently1847
self-reliantly1853
self-sustainingly1858
1847 A. Tulk tr. L. Oken Elements Physiophilos. iii. 321 Such a blossom, when self-dependently subsisting, could not continue in further union with the vegetable stock or trunk.
1916 Monitor (N.Y.) Feb. 14/2 Giving employment to various persons who might be more usefully and independently, or self-dependently, occupied.
2004 tr. in Iran & Caucasus 8 283 The autonomous Region of the Mountainous Badakhshan self-dependently decides the questions regarding the functioning of local languages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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