SELF-RELIANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-reliance mean? 

• SELF-RELIANCE (noun)
  The noun SELF-RELIANCE has 1 sense:

1. personal independence

  Familiarity information: SELF-RELIANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-RELIANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Personal independence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

autonomy; self-direction; self-reliance; self-sufficiency

Hypernyms ("self-reliance" is a kind of...):

independence; independency (freedom from control or influence of another or others)

Derivation:

self-reliant ((of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment)