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self-sufficient

adj

Etymology

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

  1. calqued from αὐτάρκης

Definitions

  1. Able to provide for oneself independently of others

    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.

  2. Overconfident in one's own abilities

    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 […].
    • 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."

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Derived

self-sufficiently

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA