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Meanings of self-reliant in inglés

(Of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.

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Examples for "autonomous"
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The autonomous region has its own constitution, political system and public service.
Radio NZ
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For example, we don't know how parking will work for autonomous vehicles.
Wired
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Do we believe that a shared, electric, autonomous mobility environment is possible?
The Irish Times
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An autonomous, non-politicised civil service is lacking, especially at sub-national government levels.
The Guardian
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Today, autonomous vehicles are about as good as a standard crappy driver.
Wired
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Jamieson said her school's emphasis on self-directed learning had helped a lot.
Radio NZ
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The Sudbury School of self-directed learning is a school with a difference.
The Irish Times
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Much self-directed activity is necessary for our development, hence the play instinct.
The Mind and Its Education
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But in a self-directed IRA, you can invest in just about anything.
Reuters
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She used her self-directed final year project in NCAD to address the problem.
The Irish Times
Usage of self-reliant in inglés
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These are people who also want to be able to be self-reliant.
The Guardian
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He does not believe in pampering children, but in making them self-reliant.
American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
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He looks quiet and strong; a self-reliant fellow would be my guess.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
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They and their parents were a breed unto themselves, self-reliant yet interdependent.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
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It is the moral atmosphere of a life self-centred, self-reliant, and self-controlled.
The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities
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He has never trained himself in nerve-control, being so stolid and self-reliant.
Now It Can Be Told
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We're used to being cut off, and we are a self-reliant community.
Coalition's End
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And it was not merely the self-reliant, independence-seeking women who were discontented.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
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The children grew and developed into self-reliant, liberty loving men and women.
Anarchism and Other Essays
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I couldn't wait to be self-reliant on every weedy inch of it.
The Irish Times
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Miss Sommerton rose and stepped with firm, self-reliant tread on the landing.
One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of Fame
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He stooped and kissed the self-reliant Miss West, who turned very pink.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
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Animated by these stern and self-reliant sentiments, he stepped upon the mat.
The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole
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Perhaps circumstances have made me unduly self-reliant: on that others must judge.
The Lost Continent
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She will grow firm and patient and self-reliant, I do not doubt.
Christie Redfern's Troubles
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He knew her self-reliant and had always guessed her sufficient to herself.
A Man Four-Square
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