Self-reliant
adjective
Being able to do or decide things by oneself, without needing help from others.
She is a self-reliant young woman who is running her own business.
Often appears as...
- self-reliant individual
- become self-reliant
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Approving
adjective
Being able to do or decide things by oneself, without needing help from others.
She is a self-reliant young woman who is running her own business.
Often appears as...
- self-reliant individual
- become self-reliant
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Trait
Usually carries a positive meaning, suggesting strength and independence.
His self-reliant nature was admired by his peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Isolation
Doesn't mean one must do everything alone; seeking advice is still self-reliant.
Though self-reliant, she consulted with a mentor before making a decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Can mean different levels of independence in different contexts, such as personal or societal.
The community developed a self-reliant food program.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Trait
Usually carries a positive meaning, suggesting strength and independence.
His self-reliant nature was admired by his peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Isolation
Doesn't mean one must do everything alone; seeking advice is still self-reliant.
Though self-reliant, she consulted with a mentor before making a decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Can mean different levels of independence in different contexts, such as personal or societal.
The community developed a self-reliant food program.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Trait
Usually carries a positive meaning, suggesting strength and independence.
His self-reliant nature was admired by his peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Isolation
Doesn't mean one must do everything alone; seeking advice is still self-reliant.
Though self-reliant, she consulted with a mentor before making a decision.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Can mean different levels of independence in different contexts, such as personal or societal.
The community developed a self-reliant food program.
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What kids can teach...
And just like that, as soon as I said, "Yes, you may help me," I felt a tingling of hope and some sort of control coming back. And if you think about it, isn't it so weird we spend all of childhood being so good at asking for help and are expected to grow up to be these self-reliant human beings and we get so good at it
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Surviving the Storm -...
and make sure that everybody can stay warm and safe. It's a matter of life and death in the Arctic in the winter, having good shelter. There's no one we can call out here. There's nowhere we can go. We're out on the coastal plain of the Arctic Ocean. We need to be totally self-reliant.
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Jared Diamond: How...
which places high value on work, so older people who are no longer working aren't respected. Another reason is our American emphasis on the virtues of self-reliance and independence, so we instinctively look down on older people who are no longer self-reliant and independent.
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Yuko Munakata: The...
growing up together or adopted and raised apart. And it turns out that growing up in the same home does not make children noticeably more alike in how successful they are, or how happy or self-reliant and so on. Imagine if you had been taken from birth
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Hamilton vs. Madison and...
into a primitive autarchy, self-reliant and completely ineffectual on the global scale. They both meant it, and there was some truth to each of their claims, because each side was grossly exaggerating the views of the other in order to fight their war.
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Jared Diamond: Lessons...
are no longer working on respected another reason is our American emphasis on the virtues of self-reliance and independence so that we instinctively scorn all the people who are no longer self-reliant and independent and still a
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The secret society of...
but one that was more hospitable than what lay outside. Today, this area offers a partial record of that secret, self-reliant world, imagined and built for survival and the preservation of freedom.
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My son was a Columbine...
He had a personality that was perfectionistic and self-reliant, and that made him less likely to seek help from others. He had experienced triggering events at the school
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Refugees want...
to become self-reliant. I know better than anyone that initiatives created by refugees work. They need to be internationally recognized and supported.
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Cat Diversity PIPE National...
proud and self-reliant cats come and go on their terms
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What kids can teach...
And just like that, as soon as I said, "Yes, you may help me," I felt a tingling of hope and some sort of control coming back. And if you think about it, isn't it so weird we spend all of childhood being so good at asking for help and are expected to grow up to be these self-reliant human beings and we get so good at it
Video examples
Surviving the Storm -...
and make sure that everybody can stay warm and safe. It's a matter of life and death in the Arctic in the winter, having good shelter. There's no one we can call out here. There's nowhere we can go. We're out on the coastal plain of the Arctic Ocean. We need to be totally self-reliant.
Video examples
Jared Diamond: How...
which places high value on work, so older people who are no longer working aren't respected. Another reason is our American emphasis on the virtues of self-reliance and independence, so we instinctively look down on older people who are no longer self-reliant and independent.
Video examples
Yuko Munakata: The...
growing up together or adopted and raised apart. And it turns out that growing up in the same home does not make children noticeably more alike in how successful they are, or how happy or self-reliant and so on. Imagine if you had been taken from birth
Video examples
Hamilton vs. Madison and...
into a primitive autarchy, self-reliant and completely ineffectual on the global scale. They both meant it, and there was some truth to each of their claims, because each side was grossly exaggerating the views of the other in order to fight their war.
Video examples
Jared Diamond: Lessons...
are no longer working on respected another reason is our American emphasis on the virtues of self-reliance and independence so that we instinctively scorn all the people who are no longer self-reliant and independent and still a
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The secret society of...
but one that was more hospitable than what lay outside. Today, this area offers a partial record of that secret, self-reliant world, imagined and built for survival and the preservation of freedom.
Video examples
My son was a Columbine...
He had a personality that was perfectionistic and self-reliant, and that made him less likely to seek help from others. He had experienced triggering events at the school
Video examples
Refugees want...
to become self-reliant. I know better than anyone that initiatives created by refugees work. They need to be internationally recognized and supported.
Video examples
Cat Diversity PIPE National...
proud and self-reliant cats come and go on their terms
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.
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Sukarno
Indonesian Statesman
We feel free... Now we are really self-reliant. This is the great advantage of teaching ourselves to become a free people, no longer one that always asks, 'Aid, aid, please.
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John H. Reagan
American Politician
But I can tell you what your folly and injustice will compel us to do. It will compel us to be free from your domination, and more self-reliant than we have been.
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Jerry Brown
American Politician
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.
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Ram Nath Kovind
Indian Politician
Our country is indebted to our farmers who are our annadata, because of whose hard work we are self-reliant in foodgrain.
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Joan Crawford
American Actress
You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.
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Orson Bean
American Actor
Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.
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Reinhold Messner
Italian Explorer
Traditional alpinism is to go where the others are not going and to be self-reliant.
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Scott Cook
American Businessman
Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.
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Lee Radziwill
American Celebrity
The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.
Quote examples
Robert Greene
English Playwright
Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.
Quote examples
Sukarno
Indonesian Statesman
We feel free... Now we are really self-reliant. This is the great advantage of teaching ourselves to become a free people, no longer one that always asks, 'Aid, aid, please.
Quote examples
John H. Reagan
American Politician
But I can tell you what your folly and injustice will compel us to do. It will compel us to be free from your domination, and more self-reliant than we have been.
Quote examples
Jerry Brown
American Politician
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.
Quote examples
Ram Nath Kovind
Indian Politician
Our country is indebted to our farmers who are our annadata, because of whose hard work we are self-reliant in foodgrain.
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Joan Crawford
American Actress
You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.
Quote examples
Orson Bean
American Actor
Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.
Quote examples
Reinhold Messner
Italian Explorer
Traditional alpinism is to go where the others are not going and to be self-reliant.
Quote examples
Scott Cook
American Businessman
Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.
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Lee Radziwill
American Celebrity
The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.
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