Self-sufficiency is the state of being self-sufficient.
Examples of 'self-sufficiency' in a sentence
self-sufficiency
For these people the idea of economic self-sufficiency held no appeal.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
Our strong cultural attitudes of independence and self-sufficiency also prohibit the seeking of fellowship.
Christianity Today (2000)
In most cases the most prominent programmes have been to support agricultural production in the interests of national self-sufficiencyor of export requirements.
Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)
Losing my father young put me in a unique position of independence and self-sufficiency, and reliance on my own resources.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Energy self-sufficiency for the US is not only feasible but close.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A multibillion-pound blitz on green self-sufficiency in energy?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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British English: self-sufficiency NOUN
Self-sufficiency is the state of being self-sufficient.