| 释义 |
self-suˈfficience
[formed as next: see -ence.]
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1706Watts Horæ Lyricæ i. Creator & Creatures ii, Thou art thine own Original, Made up of uncreated Things, And Self-sufficience bears them all. 1867Swinburne Ess. & Studies (1875) 133 This is the gospel of αὐτάρκεια, the creed of self-sufficience..[Footnote] I take leave to forge this word, because ‘self-sufficingness’ is a compound of too barbaric sound, and ‘self-sufficiency’ has fallen into a term of reproach. 1873Morley Rousseau II. 221 This cardinal doctrine of limitation of desire, with its corollary of self-sufficience. |
