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self-suf·fi·cient

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustainingadjective

    able to provide for your own needs without help from others

    "a self-sufficing economic unit"

Wiktionary

  1. self-sufficientadjective

    Able to provide for oneself independently of others.

Wikipedia

  1. self-sufficient

    Self-sustainability and self-sufficiency are overlapping states of being in which a person or an organization needs little or no help from, or interaction with, others. Self-sufficiency entails the self being enough (to fulfill needs), and a self-sustaining entity can maintain self-sufficiency indefinitely. These states represent types of personal or collective autonomy. A self-sufficient economy is one that requires little or no trade with the outside world and is called an autarky.

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  1. self-sufficient

    Self-sufficient refers to being able to provide for oneself without the help of others. This includes being capable of producing necessary goods or services oneself or fulfilling one's needs and demands independently. It relates to personal, financial, emotional, and physical independence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Self-sufficientadjective

    sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation

  2. Self-sufficientadjective

    having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing

Editors Contribution

  1. self-sufficient

    The intuitive ability, act, intelligence, intuition, knowledge, feeling, knowing and understanding for an animal to provide their food, choices, responsibilities and housing.

    Animals are beautiful to look at , they provide their food, housing and other things to ensure they have an abundance.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  


  2. self-sufficient

    The intuitive ability, action, intelligence and knowledge for an adult or family able to create, earn and provide an income for our choices, food, housing, responsibilities, vision, strategy, goals, plans, objectives and budget.

    The goal of every adult person, animal or country is to be self-sufficient.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 25, 2015  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-sufficient in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-sufficient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of self-sufficient in a Sentence

  1. Ken Cuccinelli:

    We certainly expect people of any income to be able to stand on their own two feet, so if people are not able to be self-sufficient, than this negative factor is going to bear very heavily against them in a decision about whether they'll be able to become a legal permanent resident.

  2. Postal Service spokesperson Kim Frum:

    While we can understand why some who are not responsible for the financial sustainability of Postal Service might prefer that we acquire more electric vehicles, the law requires us to be self-sufficient.

  3. Paul Klee:

    In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better.

  4. Lpez Obrador:

    We are going to produce in Mexico what we consume and we are to be self-sufficient in gasoline production.

  5. Souleymane Coulibaly:

    Mali should be self-sufficient in food.


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