self-sufficing

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Each nation strives by means of an exclusive possession of colonies to become self-sufficing.

From American World Policies by Weyl, Walter E.

To be self-sufficing will be the first precaution taken by our present enemies, in order that blockade may no longer be a weapon in our hands, so far as their necessary food is concerned.

From Another Sheaf by Galsworthy, John

In other words, Europe had ceased to be self-sufficing, the very life of its industries and its urban populations being dependent upon foreign importations from the most distant regions.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop

The fleets of capital ships thus organized, and disposed as occasion may require and sound strategy dictate, are not, however, by any means to be regarded as autonomous and self-sufficing organisms.

From Naval Warfare by Thursfield, James R.

He was a General, with a most self-sufficing bearing, so much so, that the mere sight of it must have sent a tremor into the hearts of all the officials of West Siberia.

From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor