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self-support
[ self-suh-pawrt, -pohrt, self- ]
noun
- the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
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Other Words From
- self-sup·ported adjective
- self-sup·ported·ness noun
- self-sup·porting adjective
- self-sup·porting·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-support1
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Example Sentences
A country so steeped in manmade misfortunes, so proud of its ethos of self-support, was caught unaware when nature struck.
She saw herself condemned to stand alone, and at a season when she was not strengthened by pure self-support.
How often has the dignity of self-support and self-respect been gained when an external prop has been removed!
Here my self-support gave way all at once, and I broke into a passion of crying.
Girls are kept as long as necessary to train for self-support.
So long accustomed to submit to and lean upon despotic authority, its various nationalities had lost the power of self-support.
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