"self-sufficient" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more self-sufficient [comparative], most self-sufficient [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃənt Etymology: From self- + sufficient, a calque of Ancient Greek αὐτάρκης (autárkēs). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|sufficient}} self- + sufficient, {{clq|en|grc|αὐτάρκης|nocap=1}} calque of Ancient Greek αὐτάρκης (autárkēs) Head templates: {{en-adj}} self-sufficient (comparative more self-sufficient, superlative most self-sufficient)
  1. Able to provide for oneself independently of others; not needing external support. Translations (able to provide for oneself independently of others): αὐτάρκης (autárkēs) (Ancient Greek), самадастатко́вы (samadastatkóvy) (Belarusian), самостоятелен (samostojatelen) (Bulgarian), autosuficient (Catalan), 自給自足的 (Chinese Mandarin), 自给自足的 (zìjǐzìzúdē dė) (Chinese Mandarin), soběstačný [masculine] (Czech), selvforsynende (Danish), zelfvoorzienend (Dutch), omavarainen (Finnish), autosuffisant (French), თვითკმარი (tvitḳmari) (Georgian), დამოუკიდებელი (damouḳidebeli) (Georgian), ავტარკიული (avṭarḳiuli) (Georgian), selbstgenügsam (German), αυτάρκης (aftárkis) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), önellátó (Hungarian), mandiri (Indonesian), neamhthuilleamaíoch (Irish), autosufficiente (Italian), 自給自足ができる (Japanese), selvberget (Norwegian Bokmål), selvforsørgende (Norwegian Bokmål), samowystarczalny [masculine] (Polish), autossuficiente (Portuguese), independent (Romanian), самодоста́точный (samodostátočnyj) [masculine] (Russian), fèin-fhoghainteach (Scottish Gaelic), autosuficiente (Spanish), självförsörjande (Swedish), самодоста́тній (samodostátnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-self-sufficient-en-adj-Q8EVGYDx Categories (other): English terms prefixed with self- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'able to provide for oneself independently of others': 97 3
  2. (obsolete) Overconfident in one's own abilities; arrogant. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-self-sufficient-en-adj-mMUoROiL Disambiguation of Personality: 15 85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-sufficiently Related terms: self-sufficiency

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