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[ self-suh-fish-uhnt, self- ] / ˈsɛlf səˈfɪʃ ənt, ˌsɛlf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-sufficient ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveable to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient. having extreme confidence in one's own resources, powers, etc.: He was self-sufficient, and always reminded you of it. Also self-suf·fic·ing [self-suh-fahy-sing]. /ˌsɛlf səˈfaɪ sɪŋ/. Origin of self-sufficientFirst recorded in 1580–90 OTHER WORDS FROM self-sufficientself-suf·fi·cien·cy, nounself-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverbun·self-suf·fi·cien·cy, nounun·self-suf·fi·cient, adjective un·self-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb Words nearby self-sufficientself-sterile, self-stick, self-storage, self-study, self-styled, self-sufficient, self-suggestion, self-support, self-supporting, self-surrender, self-sustaining Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-sufficientFollowing troop drawdown, our goal is to create a self-sufficient Afghanistan, and one that views women as a vital contributors. Her Husband Shot This 17-Year-Old Afghan Girl In The Face—And She Lived|Nina Strochlic|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST And Counihan said the system was designed to be as simple and self-sufficient as possible. Connecticut Obamacare Rollout Is Remarkably Breakdown-Free|Daniel Gross|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Sheriff Wheeler described the compound as a self-sufficient community with its own food supply. The New Polygamists on the Block: Warren Jeffs’s FLDS on the Move?|Matthew DeLuca|December 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST We were driven, self-sufficient, results-oriented, and professionally demanding. Connie Rice Talks About Her New Memoir and the Gangs of L.A.|Christine Pelisek|February 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When you take any beginning industry, you do want to subsidize it until it's self-sufficient. No Japan Effect: Steven Chu's Plan for Clean and Safe Energy in America|John Avlon|April 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST With a self-sufficient smile he consulted his own unintelligible entries, and made his own wild discoveries. The Legacy of Cain|Wilkie Collins Excellent musicians have been subjected to the vulgar abuse of self-sufficient ignoramuses. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday|Henry C. Lahee “All according to law—all in strict form of justice,” said the self-sufficient Escribano, chuckling and rubbing his hands. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7|Charles H. Sylvester Yonder goes a fox, slowly trotting along below the crest, in his self-sufficient, nonchalant style. Unexplored Spain|Abel Chapman Thus without any essential mummery the comedy plays itself out, self-sufficient, correct, convincing. Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
British Dictionary definitions for self-sufficientself-sufficientself-sufficing
adjectiveable to provide for or support oneself without the help of others Derived forms of self-sufficientself-sufficiency, nounself-sufficiently, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-sufficientefficient, competent, confident, self-supporting, self-sustaining, arrogant, closed, conceited, egotistic, haughty, independent, individual, self-confident, smug, unit, self-dependent, self-sufficing, self-supported, on one's own |