self-subsistent

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adjective

self-sub·​sis·​tent ˌself-səb-ˈsi-stənt 

: subsisting independently of anything external to itself

self-subsistence

ˌself-səb-ˈsi-stən(t)s 

noun

self-subsistence

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noun

variants or self-subsistency

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: the quality or state of being self-subsistent

Synonyms of self-subsistent

Adjective

• independent

Examples of self-subsistent in a Sentence

Adjective

that country was agronomically self-subsistent before industrialization

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1646, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-subsistent

• coexistent
• equidistant
• inconsistent
• nonexistent
• preexistent
• assistant
• consistent
• existent
• insistent
• persistent
• resistant
• subsistent