self-sufficient

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ sufficient, originally after Ancient Greek αὐτάρκης (autárkēs).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʃənt

Adjective

self-sufficient (comparative more self-sufficient, superlative most self-sufficient)

1. Able to provide for oneself independently of others; not needing external support. [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete) Overconfident in one's own abilities; arrogant. [17th–20th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 71:

     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 […] .

Derived terms

• self-sufficiently

Related terms

• self-sufficiency

Translations

able to provide for oneself independently of others

• Catalan: autosuficient
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自給自足的, 自给自足的 (zìjǐzìzúdē dė)

• Czech: soběstačný m
• Finnish: omavarainen (fi)
• French: autosuffisant (fr)
• Greek: αυτάρκης (el) m or f (aftárkis)

  Ancient: αὐτάρκης (autárkēs)

• Indonesian: mandiri (id)
• Italian: autosufficiente (it)

• Japanese: 自給自足ができる
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvberget, selvforsørgende

• Polish: samowystarczalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: autossuficiente (pt)
• Russian: самодоста́точный (ru) m (samodostátočnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: fèin-fhoghainteach
• Spanish: autosuficiente (es)
• Swedish: självförsörjande