self-containingn.
/ˌsɛlfkənˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkənˈteɪnɪŋ/ Now rare.
The action of keeping self-contained; self-containment. Also: the action of containing oneself.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > self-sufficiency
sufficiencec1384
suffisancea1450
self-sufficiency1598
autarky1617
self-dependencea1620
self-sufficience1623
self-subsistencea1631
self-support1632
self-fullness1668
self-reliance1668
self-dependency1749
self-sustainment1779
self-sustenance1786
self-sufficingness1811
substantiveness1821
self-sustentationa1832
self-containment1841
self-sufficientness1846
self-containing1850
self-supportedness1862
rugged individualism1898
1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Representative Men 159 This, then, is the right ground of the skeptic,—this of consideration, of self-containing.
1892 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 369/1 Above all, he recognizes the humor of self-containing. We find a joke or a sensation, and forthwith itch to set someone else agape. The Indian finds it more humorous to laugh himself and keep the world in the dark.
2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Dec. a33 Whether it likes it or not, Russia is doing a fair job of self-containing. We can't stop its leaders from backing themselves into a corner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
self-containingadj.
/ˌsɛlfkənˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkənˈteɪnɪŋ/ Self-contained (in various senses); complete in itself.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adjective] > independent
substantivec1400
independing1604
self-contained1605
independent1614
self-centred1661
self-centring1695
self-existent1782
self-containing1826
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > self-sufficient
suffisanta1340
sufficient for (to) oneself1382
substantive1543
self-suffisant1589
self-sufficient1596
self-sustaining1598
self-contained1605
self-subsisting1608
self-supporting1632
self-dependent1642
self-full1642
self-subsistent1646
self-sufficing1647
self-relying1648
self-depending1669
independent1670
self-sustained1675
unbenefitable1688
self-sufficed1709
self-supported1736
self-containing1826
self-reliant1834
autarkic1883
1826 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 600 A self-retaining Power supposes a self-containing Power—a self-conscious Being.
1832 Monthly Repos. Oct. 664 What the Scotch call ‘self-containing houses’ always let high at Edinburgh, and London can never be despised while it is a self-containing city.
1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 101 The nation was to be free, self-helping, self-containing, unconquerable.
1923 Crisis Dec. 57/1 The social problem of a group..is not a closed, definite, self-containing thing.
1990 S. King Stand (rev. ed.) ii. xlvi. 543 It's self-containing above and below... It's its own little unit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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