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self-sufficiency

self-sufficiency noun: the condition of being self-sufficient.

Noun

self-sufficiency (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being self-sufficient.
    • “For my own part,” she rejoined, “I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the...1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 60–61

self-sufficiency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

self-sufficiency in Hindi

condition of being self-sufficient
आत्मनिर्भरता ātmanirbhartā, स्वावलंब svāvlamb

self-sufficiency in Tamil

தன்னிறைவு

self-sufficiency in Kannada

ಸ್ವಯಂಪೂರ್ಣತೆ, ಸ್ವಪರ್ಯಾಪ್ತತೆ

self-sufficiency in Indonesian

condition of being self-sufficient
swa sembada
More languagesFewer languages
self-sufficiency in Persian
اتکای به نفس ettekâ-ye be nafs

Origin of self-sufficiency

From self- + sufficiency.

Questions about self-sufficiency

What does self-sufficiency mean?
Self-sufficiency means the condition of being self-sufficient.
What is self-sufficiency in Hindi?
Self-sufficiency in Hindi is आत्मनिर्भरता (ātmanirbhartā), स्वावलंब (svāvlamb). See Self-sufficiency meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is self-sufficiency?
Self-sufficiency is a noun.

Words near self-sufficiency in the dictionary

  1. self-sucked
  2. self-sucker
  3. self-suckers
  4. self-sucking
  5. self-sucks
  6. self-sufficiency
  7. self-sufficient
  8. self-sufficiently
  9. self-suggestion
  10. self-suggestions
  11. self-suggestive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-sufficiency (page history and authors); self-sufficiency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-sufficiency (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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