as in independence
the ability to care for one's self
some people don't achieve self-reliance until they're over 30 years old
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Recent Examples of self-reliance
The external threat provides cover for the CCP’s ongoing economic reorientation and justifies the state’s push for greater self-reliance.
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
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
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
Hence, a turn toward self-reliance, whether in the form of back-yard gardening or ruthless self-optimization that anticipates Darwinian competition amid crisis.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
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
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
Hence, a turn toward self-reliance, whether in the form of back-yard gardening or ruthless self-optimization that anticipates Darwinian competition amid crisis.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-reliance
Noun
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The Athletic maintains full editorial independence.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Her mission is to empower these individuals through transformative life and career coaching, fostering personal growth, independence and long-term well-being.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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The law is working exactly as intended — helping people facing unbearable suffering to die on their own terms, with dignity and autonomy.—
Christie Golemb,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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In December 1970, Pakistan held parliamentary elections amid widespread demands by Bengalis for greater autonomy.—
Simon Montlake,
Christian Science Monitor,
16 May 2025
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Enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of treatment delivery, investing in health care workers and infrastructure, leveraging advances in technology, and engaging the diaspora to invest in the ecosystem will expedite this transition to full self-sufficiency.—
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli,
Time,
8 May 2025
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Implications for future food crises Besides logistics and emergency food aid, the WFP provides support for farmers and nutrition assistance, which are intended to build the self-sufficiency of low-resource countries.—
Gabriel Spitzer,
NPR,
6 May 2025
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“Self-reliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-reliance. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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