Self-reliance

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-reliance \Self`-re*li"ance\, n.
     Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-reliance
       n : personal independence [syn: {autonomy}, {self-direction}, {self-sufficiency}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-reliance":
     Declaration of Independence, arrogance, assurance, assuredness,
     autarchy, autarky, autonomy, belief, boastfulness, certitude,
     cocksureness, conceit, confidence, confidentness, conviction,
     courage, face, faith, haughtiness, home rule, hubris, independence,
     individualism, inner-direction, overconfidence, oversureness,
     overweening, overweeningness, pardonable pride, poise, pomposity,
     positiveness, pride, pridefulness, proudness, purse-pride,
     rugged individualism, security, self-assurance, self-confidence,
     self-consequence, self-containment, self-determination,
     self-direction, self-esteem, self-government, self-importance,
     self-respect, self-sufficiency, settled belief, stiff-necked pride,
     stiff-neckedness, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, trust,
     vanity