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self-sufficient en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From self- + sufficient, a calque of Ancient Greek αὐτάρκης (autárkēs).

Meanings

1. Able to provide for oneself independently of others; not needing external support.
   • Over the next few decades, several million humans immigrated to Eden Prime and a primarily agrarian culture developed. The new colony quickly became not only self-sufficient, but began exporting goods. 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Planets and Locations: Eden Prime Codex entry:
2. (obsolete) Overconfident in one's own abilities; arrogant.
   • In spite of these conscientious reflections, he was too self-sufficient to think he should find any difficulty in obtaining forgiveness for these sins of omission […]. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
   • To rescue London from this short-termism, Byford has put forward a deal that would fill the current gap of £500m annually, explaining: "If we can fill that gap, we can get back to being self-sufficient by 2023." 2021 October 6, Christian Wolmar, “Both sides must work together to get London back on track”, in RAIL, number 941, page 35:

Forms

Deriveds

self-sufficiently

Relateds

self-sufficiency

Translations (34)

nb selvforsørgende (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · cs soběstačný (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · pt autossuficiente (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · rsk самодостаточни (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · sv självförsörjande (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · uk самодоста́тній (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · bg самостоя́телен (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · da selvforsynende (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · ka დამოუკიდებელი (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · pl samowystarczalny (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · nl zelfvoorzienend (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · fr autosuffisant (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · ca autosuficient (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · hi स्वावलंबी (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · fi omavarainen (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · ka თვითკმარი (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · ro independent (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · grc αὐτάρκης (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · ka ავტარკიული (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · cmn 自給自足的 /自给自足的 (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · el αυτάρκης (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · it autosufficiente (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · hu önellátó (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · es autosuficiente (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · ja 自給自足ができる (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · bg самодоста́тъчен (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · ga neamhthuilleamaíoch (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · nb selvberget (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · id mandiri (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · hi आत्मनिर्भर (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · be самадастатко́вы (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · ru самодоста́точный (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · de selbstgenügsam (able to provide for oneself independently of others) · gd fèin-fhoghainteach (able to provide for oneself independently of others)