- Able to provide for oneself without the help of others; independent.
- Having undue confidence; smug.
self-sufficient
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self-suf·fi·cient (sĕlf'sə-fĭsh'ənt) |
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adjective
- Free from the influence, guidance, or control of others: independent, self-contained, self-reliant. See dependence/independence.
- Able to support oneself financially: independent, self-supporting. See dependence/independence, money.
| Antonyms: self-sufficient |
adj
Definition: able to take care of oneself
Antonyms: dependent, incapable, needy, unable
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"We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly."
- John Cage
"Be your own palace, or the world is your jail."
- John Donne
"I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves."
- Shirley Maclaine
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient."
- Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
"Let me listen to myself and not to them."
- Gertrude Stein
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Self-sufficiency refers to the state of not requiring any outside aid, support, or interaction, for survival; it is therefore a type of personal or collective autonomy. On a large scale, a totally self-sufficient economy that does not trade with the outside world is called an autarky.
The term self-sufficiency is usually applied to varieties of sustainable living in which nothing is consumed outside of what is produced by the self-sufficient individuals. Examples of attempts at self-sufficiency in North America include voluntary simplicity, homesteading, survivalism, and the back-to-the-land movement.
According to Michael Allaby and Peter Bunyard, “there is nothing really new in the search of “self-sufficiency”. The pioneers who first colonized the New World, Australia, and parts of Africa were self-sufficient because they had to be and, in this context, the term suggests a kind of rugged independence associated with mastering a new and rather hostile environment.”[1]
Practices that enable or aid self-sufficiency include autonomous building, permaculture, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy.
The term is also applied to limited forms of self-sufficiency, for example growing one's own food or becoming economically independent of state subsidies.
Influential people
References
- ^ Allaby, Michael and Peter Bunyard. The Politics of Self-Sufficiency. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. ISBN 0-19-217695-1
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| Translations: Self-sufficient |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - selvtilstrækkelig, som er sig selv nok
Nederlands (Dutch)
autarkisch, onafhankelijk, in staat voor zich zelf te zorgen
Français (French)
adj. - auto-suffisant
Deutsch (German)
adj. - autark, selbständig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυτάρκης
Italiano (Italian)
autosufficiente
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - auto-suficiência
Русский (Russian)
независимый, экономически самостоятельный, самоуверенный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - autárquico, autosuficiente, independiente
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - självtillräcklig, självgod, självständig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自给自足的, 过于自信的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 自給自足的, 過於自信的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자급 자족할 수 있는, 자부심이 강한, 자신 과잉의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 自足できる, 経済的に独立した, うぬぼれの強い
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مكتف ذاتيا
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - עצמאי, לא זקוק לדבר, מסוגל לספק את צרכיו בסחורות, בעיקר מזון, ממקורותיו שלו, מסתפק בדעתו שלו, יהיר
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