| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: translation of Greek autarkēs
1.
a.
(1) : able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid : capable of providing for one's or its own needs : self-supporting
organisms are not self-sufficient, closed systems — Weston LaBarre
a rich town, prosperous, clean, self-contained and self-sufficient — Arnold Bennett
(2) : economically independent : not dependent on imports from other countries or regions : autarkic
b. : sufficient in or to itself : self-contained
these are not essays, it seems, independent and self-sufficient, but fragments broken off from some larger book — Virginia Woolf
2. : having an extreme confidence in one's own ability or worth : haughty , overbearing
felt self-sufficient … he acted superior and everyone around the place could hardly stand him — W.J.Reilly
• self-sufficientness ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun