Synonyms for self-reliance
self-re·liance

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1. self-reliance

   Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven. Confidence is founded upon reasons; assurance is largely a matter of feeling. In the bad sense, assurance is a vicious courage, with belief of one's ability to outwit or defy others; the hardened criminal is remarkable for habitual assurance. For the calm conviction of one's own rectitude and ability, self-confidence is a better word than assurance; self-reliance expresses confidence in one's own resources, independently of others' aid. In the bad sense assurance is less gross than impudence, which is (according to its etymology) a shameless boldness. Assurance is in act or manner; impudence may be in speech. Effrontery is impudence defiantly displayed. Compare FAITH; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   arrogance, assertion, assumption, assurance, boldness, confidence, effrontery, impudence, presumption, self-assertion, self-confidence, trust

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, confusion, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, timidity

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1. autonomy, self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiencynoun

   personal independence

   Synonyms:
   self-direction, self-sufficiency, autonomy, liberty

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1. List of paraphrases for "self-reliance":

   self-sufficiency, autonomy, self-reliant, self-government, selfsufficiency, self-sustainment, self-sufficient, self-support, self-sustainability, independence, self-help, self-sustaining, self-governance

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1. Henry Louis Mencken:

   The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The reliance on property is...the want of self-reliance. Men measure the esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is. But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property...(Essays)

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

4. Yang Moo-jin:

   And he is suggesting that he will take the bull by the horns to achieve that goal, while promoting self reliance at home and still being open to talks depending on how President Donald Trump handles' hostile policy,'.

5. Patricia Sampson:

   Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.