self-reliance
self-reliance
Definition
self·-reliance (-ri lī′əns)
noun
reliance on one's own judgment, abilities, etc.
self′·-reli′ant adjective
self-reliance
Synonyms
self-reliance
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- promote: Graham Wood is Head of Policy at Ockenden International, the charity promoting self-reliance for displaced peoples.
- encourage: And it argued for the need for people to live in small communities to encourage greater self-reliance.
- achieve: So we become less socially dependent on other people and achieve more self-reliance: our individual identity is strengthened.
- develop: Expeditions Section The expedition part of the scheme aims to develop self-reliance.
- increase: It is often associated with offering guidance, encouraging self- reflection and increasing self-reliance.
- learn: The Team would learn first hand about new cultures and environments; adapting to new surroundings while learning self-reliance and inter-dependency.
Preposition: as
- goal: Self-reliance as a goal involves a number of contradictions.
Adjective modifier
- increased: Some countries are big enough to aim for increased self-reliance within their own borders.
- economic: The Local Economy More economic self-reliance will help to protect communities from the fluctuating fortunes of the global markets.
- great: They all make it clear that localisation is about greater self-reliance.
- local: Nearly all the writers advocate reversal of the trend to 'globalisation ' ; a return to local self-reliance, with minimal long-distance trade.
- more: In short a move from more market reliance to more self-reliance.
- financial: With regard to financial self-reliance and full financial self-sufficiency, the Bank has made great progress in recent years.
Modifies a noun
- skill: These skills are collectively described in several ways including transferable skills, self-reliance skills and key skills.
Noun used with modifier
- community: In fact, disability programs seem to thrive best when resources are minimal, and community self-reliance is optimal.
- food: And developing nations that emphasize greater food self-reliance can retain precious foreign exchange and avoid the instability of international markets.
Preposition: for
- refugee: The aim of Ockenden is to promote self-reliance for refugees and displaced people.
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