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I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.
Carrie Brownstein

Meaning of "self-reliance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-RELIANCE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-RELIANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Reliance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF-RELIANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-reliance in the English dictionary

The definition of self-reliance in the dictionary is reliance on one's own abilities, decisions, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-RELIANCE

self-realization
self-referential
self-regard
self-regarding
self-regulating
self-regulating organization
self-regulation
self-regulatory
self-reliant
self-reliantly
self-renewal
self-renewing
self-renunciation
self-renunciatory
self-replicate
self-replicating
self-reproach
self-reproachful
self-reproachfully
self-respect

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-RELIANCE

advance
allegiance
alliance
ambiance
analysis of variance
appliance
brilliance
Canadian Alliance
compliance
covariance
defiance
deviance
invariance
kitchen appliance
noncompliance
Pledge of Allegiance
radiance
reliance
the Alliance
Triple Alliance
variance

Synonyms and antonyms of self-reliance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SELF-RELIANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «self-reliance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of self-reliance

Translation of «self-reliance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-RELIANCE

Find out the translation of self-reliance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-reliance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-reliance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自力更生
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autosuficiencia
570 millions of speakers

English

self-reliance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्मनिर्भरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاعتماد على الذات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уверенность в своих силах
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-suficiência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মনির্ভরশীলতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´autonomie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

berdikari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbständigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自立
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자립
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepercayaan diri
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự lực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய நம்பிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आत्मनिर्भरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendine güven
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fiducia in sé
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samodzielność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

впевненість у своїх силах
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încrederea în sine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοδυναμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfstandigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självtillit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvhjulpenhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-reliance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-RELIANCE»

The term «self-reliance» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.691 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-RELIANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-reliance

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10 QUOTES WITH «SELF-RELIANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-reliance.
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Hawa Abdi
The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.
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David Blunkett
We must draw on our early roots and remind people why the Labour party was created and who it sought to represent. We have never been a sectional party promoting self-interest, but instead a force for engaging self-reliance and self-determination.
3
Anne Bronte
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
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Carrie Brownstein
I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.
5
William F. Buckley, Jr.
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
6
Monica Crowley
In several short years, Obama has fundamentally shifted the balance away from the individual and toward government, and has altered the national psyche from self-reliance to ever-growing reliance on government.
7
Daniel De Leon
Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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Rush Limbaugh
Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism.
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Bob McDonnell
Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.
10
Lisa Murkowski
Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-RELIANCE»

Discover the use of self-reliance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-reliance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as ...
This is the first truly accessible edition of Emerson's work, revealing him to be one of America's wisest teachers.
Richard Whelan, 2012
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Self-Reliance
A Classic Essay by Emerson. Excerpted from Essays, First Series.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2007
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Self-Reliance and Other Essays
Ralph. Waldo. Emerson. SELF-RELIANCE. and. Other. Essays. Essayist, poet and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson (l803- I882) propounded a transcendental idealism emphasizing selfreliance, self-culture and individual expression.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2012
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Self Reliance: The Key to Business Success
1900 the Key to Business Success. This book is written to encourage men to struggle for the attainment of higher planes of usefulness. Self-reliance would be universal if all men were perfectly aware of their latent powers.
Sidney A. Weltmer, 1959
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Emerson and Self-Reliance
'Nietzsche was Emerson's best reader, ' and George Kateb provides an accessible reading of Emerson that is friendly to the interests of Nietzsche and to later Nietzscheans such as Weber, Heidegger, Arendt, and Foucault
George Kateb, 2002
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The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in ...
In this book you’ll learn how to: •Garden in an era of unpredictable weather and climate change •Grow, store, and use more of your own staple crops •Garden efficiently and comfortably (even if you have a bad back) •Grow, store, ...
Carol Deppe, 2010
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Compensation and Self-Reliance
As an active lecturer in the early 1830s, he delivered a number of landmark lectures, most notably among them - Compensation and Self-Reliance, in which Emerson fervently declares man's inherent divinity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2010
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance: A modern-day ...
These lectures were never published separately, but many of his thoughts were later used in Self-Reliance. In this book, first published in 1841, Emerson illustrates the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency.
Andrew Holmes, 2010
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Taking Responsibility: Self-reliance and the Accountable Life
Arguing that people can have control over their lives only if they take responsibility for themselves, a guide to self-realization and self-esteem explains the difference between victim power and personal power. 35,000 first printing.
Nathaniel Branden, 1996
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Regenerating Agriculture:: Policies and Practice for ...
Regenerating Agriculture examines policy frameworks and institutional processes, then sets out 25 effective policies that are known to work to support the transition to greater sustainability and self-reliance in agriculture.
International Institute for Environment and Development, London, Jules N. Pretty, A Joseph Henry Press book, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-RELIANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-reliance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Water self-reliance on the agenda Wednesday
They are expected to recommend adoption of the plan that promotes “water supply self-reliance” to the Castaic Lake Water Agency's Board of Directors when it ... «Santa Clarita Valley Signal, Jul 15»
2
Refugee self-reliance in Africa boosted by IKEA Foundation support
An example of such important support is IKEA's most recent donation of 38 million Euro to be used to support self-reliance efforts of both refugees and the local ... «UNHCR, Jul 15»
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Self-Reliance: How to Progress Towards Ownership Over Your Life
Most of us enter adult life with great ambitions for how we will start our own ventures, but the harshness of life wears us down. We settle into some job and slowly ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
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Lori Dickerson Fouché of Prudential on the Limits of Self-Reliance
Q. Were you in leadership roles or doing entrepreneurial things when you were younger? A. Certainly in high school. I was class president when I was a junior. «New York Times, May 15»
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How modern capitalism killed self-reliance
And one that is wildly under-appreciated: Capitalism has killed self-reliance. A few hundred years ago, many people grew their own food, made their own ... «The Week Magazine, May 15»
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Gov. Sam Brownback's new welfare law underscores the folly of …
Any politician who advocates “self-reliance” for the poor should be joining the march for a livable wage and reliable hours. See you at the next rally, Gov. «Kansas City Star, Apr 15»
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S.F. teen finds self-reliance on John Muir Trail
Sarah Koch, who hiked the entire John Muir Trail solo last summer, shows some of her equipment at Mount Sutro Forest in San Francisco. The 18-year-old, ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 15»
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Russia's Economic Self-Reliance: Yes to Hemp, No to GMO
The tough present brings Russians a unique opportunity to temper the national character and master self-reliance, regardless of politics and whether one is for ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Feb 15»
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Kids Are Casualties In The War Against Self-Reliance
It turns out that Danielle and Alexander Meitiv are attentive parents who understand that the best way to cultivate self-reliance and independence in their kids is ... «The Federalist, Jan 15»
10
Self-Reliance: An Introduction to Ralph Waldo Emerson
One piece that helped me to think independently is a short essay on self-reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1841. "Trust thyself," Emerson wrote. «Huffington Post, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Self-Reliance [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-reliance>. May 2024 ».
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