Self-reliant
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Reliant upon oneself; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.
"The Constitution deliberately makes the President and the Congress competitors as well as partners. The Founding Fathers created an elaborate system of checks and balances to keep each partner self-reliant while still assuring their interdependence. No brief account can fully capture the complexity of this relationship, in which each partner contributes his own share of stubbornness, pride, hostility, warmth, suspicion, skill, and affection."
Adjective
- 1 (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment wordnet
Example
More examples"Southerners are regarded as polite and easygoing and Midwesterners are considered self-reliant and conscientious."
Etymology
From self- + reliant.