self-sufficiency

• Nom désignant l'état d'une personne capable de subvenir à ses propres besoins sans aide extérieure, notamment dans un contexte personnel ou individuel.

A noun referring to the state of being able to provide for one's own needs without external assistance, particularly in a personal or individual context.

indénombrable

1. Personal independenceB2formal

   The ability to meet one's own needs without external assistance, relying on one's own resources and skills.

   autosuffisance personnelle

   • After years of training, she achieved complete self-sufficiency in the wilderness.
   • Learning to cook and manage finances is a step toward self-sufficiency.
   • His self-sufficiency allowed him to live alone without relying on others.

   Synonymesautonomyindependenceself-directionself-reliance

   Antonymesdependencedependencyreliance

2. Economic independenceC1formal

   The state of a country, region, or entity being able to produce enough goods and services to sustain itself without imports.

   Autosuffisance économique

   • The nation's goal is to achieve energy self-sufficiency within the next decade.
   • Agricultural self-sufficiency reduces dependence on foreign food supplies.
   • Economic self-sufficiency is a key objective for many developing countries.

   Synonymesautarkyindependenceself-reliance

   Antonymesdependencedependencyreliance