self-sufficiency
Needing no help
Self-sufficiency is the ability to provide for one's own needs without depending on others.
It applies to individuals who grow their own food or generate their own power, to nations that produce domestically rather than importing, and to emotional independence from external validation.
The term carries positive connotations of resilience and capability, though critics sometimes note that complete self-sufficiency is neither achievable nor desirable in an interconnected world.
The homesteaders prided themselves on their self-sufficiency.
Freedom from external control
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- agencyPower to act
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
individualism · liberty · autarky · autodidactism · capability · livelihood
Ability to solve problems creatively
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- preparednessState of being equipped
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
durability · hardiness · fortitude · perseverance · endurance · grit · tenacity · stockpiling
Exchanging goods directly
- tradeExchange of commodities
- DIYAmateur home projects
- handcraftingManual creation of objects
- frugalityEconomical resource management
debt-free · savings · thrift · maker · upcycling · mending · repair
Cultivating land for food
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- canningAirtight food preservation
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
foraging · harvesting · composting · livestock · seeds · irrigation · aquaponics · hydroponics
Formal withdrawal from union
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- breakawaySudden separation from group
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
localism · anarchism · libertarianism · communalism · mutualism · commune · collective
Electricity-producing machine
- greywaterLight household wastewater
- septicInfected with bacteria
- firewoodCut logs for burning
- hand-toolsImplements powered by grip
geothermal · cistern · kerosene · cabin
independence
Freedom from external control
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- agencyPower to act
- freedomAbsence of constraint
sovereignty · individualism · liberty · autarky · autodidactism · capability · livelihood
resourcefulness
Ability to solve problems creatively
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- preparednessState of being equipped
subsistence · durability · hardiness · fortitude · perseverance · endurance · grit · tenacity · stockpiling · robustness
bartering
Exchanging goods directly
- tradeExchange of commodities
- DIYAmateur home projects
- handcraftingManual creation of objects
frugality · debt-free · savings · thrift · maker · upcycling · mending · repair
farming
Cultivating land for food
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- canningAirtight food preservation
preserving · foraging · harvesting · composting · livestock · seeds · irrigation · aquaponics · hydroponics · beekeeping
secession
Formal withdrawal from union
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- breakawaySudden separation from group
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
decentralization · localism · anarchism · libertarianism · communalism · mutualism · commune · collective
generator
Electricity-producing machine
hand-tools · geothermal · cistern · kerosene · cabin
- adulthoodadulting, maturity, responsibilities, responsibility, milestones
- homesteadinghomesteading, off-grid living, off-grid, chicken coop, chicken raising
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
- self-relianceindependence, resourcefulness, initiative, individualism, bootstrapping
- solitary lifestylesolitude, isolation, hermit, loner, privacy
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
self-sufficiencydependence
State of needing another
dependency · reliance · dependance · interdependence · neediness
self-sufficiencyhelplessness
Lacking ability to cope
inadequacy · impotence · weakness · incompetence · incapacity
self-sufficiencyslavery
Ownership of people
subjugation · servitude · bondage · enslavement · vassalage
self, sustain, sufficient, suffice, insufficient, sufficiently, sufficiency, insufficiency, insufficiently