self-sufficiency
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- noun
- /ˌsɛlf səˈfɪʃənsi/
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autosuficiencia
- We're not yet prepared to feed your hungry billions, but we're close to self-sufficiency.
- economic self-sufficiency
- promote self-sufficiency
- achieve self-sufficiency
I understand very much so the power that can come from that island sense of self-sufficiency.
- I understand very much so the power that can come from that island sense of self-sufficiency.
- That's been very good for the United States both in terms of revenue and in terms of self-sufficiency.
- For the ancient Greeks, autarkia, self-sufficiency was viewed as an incredibly important value.
- One of the defining themes of XI Jinping's first decade in power has been to promote self-sufficiency, looking inward like Mao did.
- One final food that I really would recommend you guys put kind of put in your in your garden for self-sufficiency.
- And you can often mistake brashness and over self-sufficiency for that.
Examples
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Japan has traditionally enjoyed virtual self-sufficiency in the supply of seafood to its domestic markets.
Academic text (1994) -
As a matter of fact, we've helped over 1700 women reach self-sufficiency.
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Thus, the country is serious about achieving self-sufficiency in food production at any cost.
Academic text (2008) -
Propaganda was orchestrated by the state to promote self-sufficiency in economic production and consumption.
Academic text (1992) -
Moreover, the sharp rise in oil prices in 1973 brought the issue of self-sufficiency to the fore.
Academic text (1991) -
The objective was to move Africans from short-term dependence on food aid to long-term self-sufficiency.
Academic text (2008) -
One of the defining themes of XI Jinping's first decade in power has been to promote self-sufficiency, looking inward like Mao did.
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The organization aims to promote self-sufficiency by teaching individuals how to grow their own food.
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Many young adults strive for self-sufficiency before they move out of their parents' house.
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Achieving self-sufficiency in energy production can reduce a country's dependence on foreign oil.
Synonyms
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4.1
Being able to do things and meet needs without help from others
Antonyms
How Self-Sufficient
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-sufficiency = self-sufficient (transparent) = self + sufficient + cy
Formed from the adjective 'self-sufficient' by the noun-forming suffix '-cy'; the meaning is directly derived from 'self' + 'sufficient'.
Etymology
Self-sufficiency joins self ('oneself') and sufficiency, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'enough' and is the same root as sufficient. So self-sufficiency is being 'enough for yourself', able to provide what you need without help from others.