| Pronunciation: | | self su'fishunt, s'elfsuf'ishunt
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[adj] able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit" |
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SELF-SUFFICIENT is a 15 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | independent, self-sufficing, self-sustaining |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Self`-suf*fi"cient\, a.
1. Sufficient for one's self without external aid or
co["o]peration.
Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till
we prove the person using it omnipotent and
self-sufficient, and such as can never need any
mortal assistance. --South.
2. Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or
worth; hence, haughty; overbearing. ``A rash and
self-sufficient manner.'' --I. Watts.
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