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self-sufficiency

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self-suf·fi·cient (slfs-fshnt)
adj.
1. Able to provide for oneself without the help of others; independent.
2. Having undue confidence; smug.
self-suf·ficien·cy n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.self-sufficiency - personal independence
self-direction, self-reliance, autonomy
independence, independency - freedom from control or influence of another or others
Translations
self-sufficiency [ˌselfsəˈfɪʃənsɪ] N [of person] → independencia f, confianza f en sí mismo; (economic) → autosuficiencia f
self-sufficiency [ˌsɛlfsəˈfɪʃ/ənsɪ] n → autosufficienza
self-sufficiency [ˌsɛlfsəˈfɪʃ/ənsɪ] n → autosufficienza


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They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all; and in her air altogether there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable.
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I think that such self-sufficiency is absolutely stifling.
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Instead, he returned their looks with lean self-sufficiency, and finally centred his gaze upon Joan, the first white woman he had ever seen.
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