self-dependingadj.
/ˌsɛlfdᵻˈpɛndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈpɛndɪŋ/ Depending entirely upon oneself and one's own efforts, rather than on others; characterized by self-dependence; self-dependent.In early use often with negative connotations of arrogance; cf. self-sufficing adj.
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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
1669 O. Grew Lord Jesus Christ 92 This tells us what generation of men they are, that drink in this Divinity the worst. Those men that are self depending, and self ascribing.
1777 A. Hall Grace & Holiness 91 Hear the solemn, the decisive, the unrepealable sentence..; Hear it, ye self-depending Legalists!
1834 T. De Quincey S. T. Coleridge in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 590/1 Settling..in self-depending, insulated households.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. x. 632 Teutonic Christianity, more self-depending, more self-guided, more self wrought out.
1967 Philosophy 42 12 Neither human reason nor any process of rational justification can be regarded as a self-depending source of moral obligation.
2005 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 26 Dec. a21 Confident in mind and spirit, self-depending and self-supported.., they had no time for drivel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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