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Webster 1913 Edition


Self-sufficiency

Selfˊ-suf-fi′cien-cy

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Noun.
The quality or state of being self-sufficient.

Webster 1828 Edition


Self-sufficiency

SELF-SUFFI''CIENCY

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Noun.
[self and sufficiency.] An overweening opinion of one's own strength or worth; excessive confidence in one's own competence or sufficiency.