What is another word for self-sufficiency?
Synonyms for self-sufficiency
self-suf·fi·cien·cy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
self-sufficiency
Synonyms:
abandon, arrogance, assumption, assurance, boldness, conceit, confidence, egotism, forwardness, frankness, freedom, haughtiness, impudence, indiscretion, loquaciousness, loquacity, pertness, sauciness, self-conceit, sociabilityAntonyms:
backwardness, bashfulness, coldness, constraint, coyness, diffidence, modesty, reserve, shyness, timidity, unobtrusiveness
Princeton's WordNet
autonomy, self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiencynoun
personal independence
Synonyms:
self-reliance, self-direction, autonomy, liberty
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
self-sufficiencynoun
Synonyms:
self-complacency
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "self-sufficiency":
self-reliance, selfsufficiency, self-sufficient, self-sustainment, autonomy, self-sustainability, self-support, self-reliant, self-government, sufficiency, self-sustaining, autarky, independence
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2076 | freedom | |
#3355 | confidence | |
#4169 | liberty | |
#4703 | independence | |
#5434 | assurance | |
#7150 | assumption | |
#13990 | autonomy | |
#14530 | abandon | |
#21787 | sufficiency | |
#25023 | arrogance | |
#51703 | boldness | |
#54936 | conceit | |
#85657 | frankness | |
#92835 | indiscretion | |
#94531 | sociability | |
#96782 | egotism | |
#120619 | impudence | |
#174137 | haughtiness | |
#175431 | autarky | |
#258263 | forwardness |
How to use self-sufficiency in a sentence?
The principle driving it is an old American value and that's self-sufficiency, it will also have the long-term benefit of protecting taxpayers by ensuring people who are immigrating to this country don't become public burdens, that they can stand on their own two feet, as immigrants in years past have done.
We have to adapt to climate change, and these are the best varieties to recover food self-sufficiency.
We understand having warrants and open cases can be barriers( to self-sufficiency), when we hit( this population) at the right time, when they are in that position when they are ready to make changes... we can help them make those positive changes and move towards self-sufficiency.
The basic seeds and themes of the new five-year economic development plan are still self-reliance and self-sufficiency.
In offshore oil drilling we'd like to cut the reliance on imports by improving the self-sufficiency, (The plan) draws up... major development projects for the oil industries in exploiting natural gas, shale gas and offshore oil. The latter two will remain as China's strategic moves to ensure energy supply.
Translations for self-sufficiency
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- autosuficiènciaCatalan, Valencian
- soběstačnostCzech
- SelbstversorgungGerman
- αυτάρκειαGreek
- autosuficienciaSpanish
- omavaraisuus, itseriittoisuusFinnish
- autosuffisance, autonomieFrench
- neamhthuilleamaíochtIrish
- fèin-fhoghainteachdScottish Gaelic
- swa sembadaIndonesian
- עצמאותHebrew
- 自給自足Japanese
- zelfvoorzieningDutch
- samowystarczalnośćPolish
- autossuficiência, autonomiaPortuguese
- самодостаточность, автономность, самостоятельностьRussian
- självförsörjningSwedish
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