self-sufficient

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ sufficient, a calque of 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.]
   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Planets and Locations: Eden Prime Codex entry:

     Over the next few decades, several million humans immigrated to Eden Prime and a primarily agrarian culture developed. The new colony quickly became not only self-sufficient, but began exporting goods.

2. (obsolete) Overconfident in one's own abilities; arrogant. [17th–20th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     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 […] .

   • 2021 October 6, Christian Wolmar, “Both sides must work together to get London back on track”, in RAIL, number 941, page 35:

     To rescue London from this short-termism, Byford has put forward a deal that would fill the current gap of £500m annually, explaining: "If we can fill that gap, we can get back to being self-sufficient by 2023."

Derived terms

• self-sufficiently

Related terms

• self-sufficiency

Translations

able to provide for oneself independently of others

• Belarusian: самадастатко́вы (samadastatkóvy)
• Bulgarian: самостоятелен (bg) (samostojatelen)
• Catalan: autosuficient
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: soběstačný m
• Danish: selvforsynende
• Dutch: zelfvoorzienend (nl)
• Finnish: omavarainen (fi)
• French: autosuffisant (fr)
• Georgian: თვითკმარი (tvitḳmari), დამოუკიდებელი (ka) (damouḳidebeli), ავტარკიული (avṭarḳiuli)
• German: selbstgenügsam
• Greek: αυτάρκης (el) m or f (aftárkis)

  Ancient: αὐτάρκης (autárkēs)

• Hungarian: önellátó (hu)
• Indonesian: mandiri (id)
• Irish: neamhthuilleamaíoch
• Italian: autosufficiente (it)
• Japanese: 自給自足ができる
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvberget, selvforsørgende

• Polish: samowystarczalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: autossuficiente (pt)
• Romanian: independent (ro)
• Russian: самодоста́точный (ru) m (samodostátočnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: fèin-fhoghainteach
• Spanish: autosuficiente (es)
• Swedish: självförsörjande (sv)
• Ukrainian: самодоста́тній (samodostátnij)