"self-reliance" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: self- + reliance Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|reliance}} self- + reliance Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} self-reliance (uncountable)
  1. The capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: self-sufficiency Related terms: self-reliant Translations (independence): autosuficiència [feminine] (Catalan), 自依賴 (Chinese Mandarin), 自依赖 (zìyīlài) (Chinese Mandarin), samostatnost [feminine] (Czech), selvstændighed [common-gender] (Danish), itseluottamus (Finnish), autonomie [feminine] (French), autosuffisance [feminine] (French), autosuficiencia [feminine] (Galician), Selbständigkeit [feminine] (German), Selbstständigkeit [feminine] (German), αυτοδυναμία (aftodynamía) [feminine] (Greek), önállóság (Hungarian), само́стојност (samóstojnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), неза́висност (nezávisnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), niezależność [feminine] (Polish), samodzielność [feminine] (Polish), autossuficiência [feminine] (Portuguese), уве́ренность в свои́х си́лах (uvérennostʹ v svoíx sílax) [feminine] (Russian), самодоста́точность (samodostátočnostʹ) (english: self-sufficiency) [feminine] (Russian), самостоя́тельность (samostojátelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), автоно́мность (avtonómnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), samostatnosť (Slovak), independencia [feminine] (Spanish), autosuficiencia (Spanish), självförtroende [neuter] (Swedish), självtillit [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-self-reliance-en-noun-BGrVfKOE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-

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