单词 | self-reliance |
释义 | self-reliancen. Reliance on one's own abilities and resources rather than those of others; independence, self-sufficiency.Now usually with positive connotations; in early use often in negative sense, in contrast with proper trust in God. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > self-confidence > [noun] sickerness?c1225 assuredness1591 assurance1594 self-confidence1604 self-reliance1668 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 1668 S. Stoddon Voice of Rod 225 Self-relyance..is the Staff of that broken Reed, that will deceive you, and pierce you too. 1775 A. M. Toplady Free-will & Merit Examined 26 Self-Reliance is the very Bond of Unbelief... You are an Infidel, if you trust in your own Righteousness. 1833 J. S. Mill Let. 25 Nov. in Wks. (1963) XII. 195 Combining perfect self-reliance with the most unaffected modesty. 1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. 203 If we have failed again and again in meeting Temptation..it will be well to examine whether there be not some particle of self-reliance lurking at the bottom of our hearts. 1869 Grey River Argus 14 Jan. 2 The policy of self-reliance is being steadily pursued by the General Government. 1919 Univ. Rec. (Univ. Chicago) Jan. 118 Democracy implies self-reliance and social obligation. 1986 National Geographic May 696 (caption) Living in remote Nain requires self-reliance. 2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty iv. 42 This early grounding in self-reliance stood them both in good stead in later life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1668 |
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