as in independence
the ability to care for one's self
self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards
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Recent Examples of self-sufficiency
China has been doubling down on policies to strengthen its self-sufficiency since the first trade war in 2018.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Few economic philosophies have shaped America’s prosperity as profoundly as Henry Clay’s American System — a blueprint for national strength and self-sufficiency.
—Tim Overton, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
By equipping entrepreneurs with the necessary skills and providing access to funding opportunities, networking events and other entrepreneurial spaces can help build self-sufficiency and enable women to grow and sustain their businesses.
—Anou Khot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Other commenters have suggested that Hitler’s Germany, which pursued an economic policy of self-sufficiency, or autarky, may be Trump’s real role model.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Few economic philosophies have shaped America’s prosperity as profoundly as Henry Clay’s American System — a blueprint for national strength and self-sufficiency.
—Tim Overton, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
By equipping entrepreneurs with the necessary skills and providing access to funding opportunities, networking events and other entrepreneurial spaces can help build self-sufficiency and enable women to grow and sustain their businesses.
—Anou Khot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Other commenters have suggested that Hitler’s Germany, which pursued an economic policy of self-sufficiency, or autarky, may be Trump’s real role model.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-sufficiency
Noun
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Real-Life Examples Of Evolving Goals A couple who planned to retire early shifts their focus to charitable work after achieving financial independence.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Washington controversially backed Islamabad during the 1971 War of Bangladeshi independence, which oversaw what many analysts describe as a genocide against Bangladeshis.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025
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In 2019, the Indian Parliament passed a law that revoked the region's administrative autonomy, which many in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had blamed for the violence that has rocked the Himalayan valley.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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For centuries, the territory that would become Ukraine had been part of an imperial Russia whose rulers viewed Ukrainians as close kin and repeatedly suppressed local pursuits of autonomy (which were rarely well organized or large in scale).—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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China uses these measures to protect domestic agriculture and control food supply chains to help achieve its broader strategy of ensuring food security and technological self-reliance.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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President Trump wants peace, but also wants fair trade and more self-reliance for the American economy.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Self-sufficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-sufficiency. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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