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Definition of Self-sufficiency
1. Noun. Personal independence.
Generic synonyms: Independence, Independency
Derivative terms: Autonomous, Self-reliant, Self-sufficient
Definition of Self-sufficiency
1. Noun. the condition of being self-sufficient ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-sufficiency
Literary usage of Self-sufficiency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living ...
The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete in 1800 as it had ..."
2. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living the
simplicity ... The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete. ..."
3. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living ...
The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete in 1800 as it had ..."
4. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living ...
The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete in 1800 as it had ..."
5. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living ...
The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete in 1800 as it had ..."
6. Rice in the Tropics: A Guide to the Development of National Programs by Robert Flint Chandler (1979)
"The goal of practically all of the deficit rice-consuming nations of the world
has been self-sufficiency. In the three decades since then, the global demand ..."
7. A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes by Seymour Dunbar (1915)
"... the years in question was an extreme spirit of self-sufficiency and self-importance,
manifested to a degree never before nor since approached by them. ..."
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