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The capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Loss of self-reliance leads to loss of self-confidence.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-sufficiency
Antonyms: none provided
personal independence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autonomy, self-direction, self-sufficiency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: independence, independency
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English reliance English self-reliance From self- + reliance.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
autosuficiència
— independence
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Chinese Mandarin:
自依賴 /自依赖
(zìyīlài)
— independence
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Czech:
samostatnost
— independence
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Danish:
selvstændighed
— independence
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Dutch:
zelfredzaamheid
— independence
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Dutch:
zelfvoorzienendheid
— independence
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Finnish:
omavaraisuus
— independence
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French:
autonomie
— independence
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French:
autosuffisance
— independence
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Galician:
autosuficiencia
— independence
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German:
Selbständigkeit
— independence
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German:
Selbstständigkeit
— independence
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Greek:
αυτοδυναμία
(aftodynamía)
— independence
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Hindi:
आत्मनिर्भरता
(ātmanirbhartā)
— independence
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Hindi:
स्वावलंब
(svāvlamb)
— independence
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Hungarian:
önállóság
— independence
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Japanese:
自立
(jiritsu)
— independence
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Macedonian:
само́стојност
(samóstojnost)
— independence
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Macedonian:
неза́висност
(nezávisnost)
— independence
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Polish:
niezależność
— independence
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Polish:
samodzielność
— independence
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Portuguese:
autossuficiência
— independence
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Russian:
уве́ренность в свои́х си́лах
(uvérennostʹ v svoíx sílax)
— independence
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Russian:
самодоста́точность
(samodostátočnostʹ)
— independence
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Russian:
самостоя́тельность
(samostojátelʹnostʹ)
— independence
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Russian:
автоно́мность
(avtonómnostʹ)
— independence
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Slovak:
samostatnosť
— independence
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Spanish:
independencia
— independence
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Spanish:
autosuficiencia
— independence
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Spanish:
autodependencia
— independence
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Swedish:
självförtroende
— independence
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Swedish:
självtillit
— independence
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Tamil:
தற்சார்பு
(taṟcārpu)
— independence
