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self-sustaining

adj

Etymology

From self- + sustaining.

Definitions

  1. Able to provide for one's own needs without help from others

    Able to provide for one's own needs without help from others; self-sufficient.

  2. Opposing or rejecting exterior influence

    Opposing or rejecting exterior influence; independent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at self-sustaining. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at self-sustaining. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at self-sustaining

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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