self-reliance en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English reliance English self-reliance From self- + reliance.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence.
Loss of self-reliance leads to loss of self-confidence.
The present sorrow always exceeds its predecessors—not so the present joy; comparison exaggerates the one, while it diminishes the other; and people talk of their youth as if it had not been a period of feverish sensitiveness, awkward embarrassments, many heart-burnings, and an utter want of that self-reliance which alone can ensure content.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 207:A successful response uses social forces such as peer pressure and altruism to help people adapt to changing circumstances. It delivers messages and support that promote self-reliance rather than encourage people to fall back on stressed state support.
2020 April 9, Ian Boyd, “We practised for a pandemic, but didn’t brace”, in Nature, volume 580, number 7802, page 9:
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Translations (33)
gl autosuficiencia (independence) · mk неза́висност (independence) · ta தற்சார்பு (independence) · fr autosuffisance (independence) · pt autossuficiência (independence) · sk samostatnosť (independence) · hi स्वावलंब (independence) · de Selbstständigkeit (independence) · ja 自立 (independence) · ru уве́ренность в свои́х си́лах (independence) · nl zelfvoorzienendheid (independence) · de Selbständigkeit (independence) · ru самостоя́тельность (independence) · mk само́стојност (independence) · da selvstændighed (independence) · cmn 自依賴 /自依赖 (independence) · el αυτοδυναμία (independence) · ru автоно́мность (independence) · ru самодоста́точность (independence) · hi आत्मनिर्भरता (independence) · es autosuficiencia (independence) · es independencia (independence) · cs samostatnost (independence) · sv självtillit (independence) · sv självförtroende (independence) · nl zelfredzaamheid (independence) · fi omavaraisuus (independence) · ca autosuficiència (independence) · hu önállóság (independence) · pl samodzielność (independence) · pl niezależność (independence) · fr autonomie (independence) · es autodependencia (independence)