Self-reliance

Quick meaning: Self-reliance is a noun meaning The capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence.

Meaning

The capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence.

Example Sentences

Loss of self-reliance leads to loss of self-confidence.

A successful response uses social forces such as peer pressure and altruism to help people adapt to changing circumstances. It delivers messages and support that promote self-reliance rather than encourage people to fall back on stressed state support.

The present sorrow always exceeds its predecessors—not so the present joy; comparison exaggerates the one, while it diminishes the other; and people talk of their youth as if it had not been a period of feverish sensitiveness, awkward embarrassments, many heart-burnings, and an utter want of that self-reliance which alone can ensure content.

Synonyms for self-reliance

Depending on context, synonyms include self-sufficiency, autonomy, self-direction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-sufficiency, self-direction, autonomy, self-reliant, self-determination, self-sustaining.

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