单词 | self-dependent |
释义 | self-dependentadj. 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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