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		Definition of self-sufficiency in English: self-sufficiencynoun ˌsɛlfsəˈfɪʃnsi mass nounThe quality or condition of being self-sufficient.  a means of developing economic self-sufficiency  Example sentencesExamples -  What politics did was to deprive the citizen of his self-sufficiency and his freedom to choose and to act.
 -  The rules of self-sufficiency were changed yet again as oxygen was pumped in to prevent brain damage.
 -  Individuals must take advantage of all other means of self-sufficiency and view social assistance as an absolute last resort.
 -  This approach rejects the autonomy and self-sufficiency of neoclassical economics.
 -  Suffering insults us by calling into question our self-sufficiency and integrity as individuals.
 
  Synonyms independence, self-reliance, self-support, self-sustenance, self-standing rare autarky    Definition of self-sufficiency in US English: self-sufficiencynoun The quality or condition of being self-sufficient.  a means of developing economic self-sufficiency  Example sentencesExamples -  This approach rejects the autonomy and self-sufficiency of neoclassical economics.
 -  Suffering insults us by calling into question our self-sufficiency and integrity as individuals.
 -  Individuals must take advantage of all other means of self-sufficiency and view social assistance as an absolute last resort.
 -  The rules of self-sufficiency were changed yet again as oxygen was pumped in to prevent brain damage.
 -  What politics did was to deprive the citizen of his self-sufficiency and his freedom to choose and to act.
 
  Synonyms independence, self-reliance, self-support, self-sustenance, self-standing     |