There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.
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Self-sufficient
Synonyms for "self-sufficient" (150 found)
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acquisitiveambitious for selfautarchicautarkicautisticautonomousbashfulcareeristcloseclosedcomplacentconsequentialdissociableegotisticegotisticalerectfree-spiritedfreewheelinggraspinggreedy
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Adjective(3 words)
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
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Adjective(7 words)
independent descriptorindependent effortindependent modulesindependent nationindependent work descriptoritalian indipendenzaself contained system
individualindividualisticinner directedinner-directedinsociablemopeymopishmorosenarcissannarcissinenarcissisticnarcisticneutralnonalignednongregariousnonpartisanone-manoverproudoverweeningpersonalistic
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Noun(4 words)
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Noun(3 words)
self-absorbedself-admiringself-advancingself-approvingself-assumingself-besotself-centeredself-complacentself-confidentself-congratulatingself-congratulatoryself-considerativeself-containedself-contentself-contentedself-delightingself-dependentself-determinedself-devotedself-directing
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self-endearedself-esteemingself-governedself-governingself-gratulatingself-gratulatoryself-importantself-indulgentself-interestedself-jealousself-lovingself-occupiedself-pleasingself-reliantself-respectingself-satisfiedself-seekingself-servingself-subsistentself-supportingself-sustainedself-sustainingselfishsmugsnugsocially incompatiblesovereignstiff neckedstiff-neckedsullenthird worldthird-forcethird-worldunclubbableuncommunicativeuncompanionableuncongenialunfriendlyungenialunitunsociableunsocialvainvainglorious
Adjective(8 words)
self-contained unitself-sufficingself-sustainingstandalone computerstandalone networkstandalone samplestandalone topicstandalone unit
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They're self-sufficient.
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I had to be self-sufficient.
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The time—which, looking back, seems so idyllic—is gone forever when individuals or relatively small groups could be completely self-sufficient.
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