Definition for self-sufficient - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	self-sufficient (self-sufficient) adjective needing no outside help in satisfying one’s basic needs, especially with regard to the production of food: I don’t think the country could ever be self-sufficient in food emotionally and intellectually independent: their son was a little bit of a loner and very self-sufficient Derivatives self-sufficiently adverb		Nearby Words self-sow self-starter self-sterile self-stick self-stimulation self-storage self-styled self-subsistent self-sufficiency self-sufficient self-suggestion self-supporting self-surrender self-sustaining self-system self-tailing self-tanner self-tapping self-taught