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SELF-SUFFICIENCY Antonyms

There are 7 antonyms of the word self-sufficiency. (opposite meanings)
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self-sufficingself-sufficient

Best Opposite Words For SELF-SUFFICIENCY

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dependence
nounn
noun

• the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

helplessness
nounn
noun

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

• the state of needing help from something

• a feeling of being unable to manage

insufficiency
nounn
noun

• a lack of competence

• (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

• lack of an adequate quantity or number

interdependence
nounn
noun

• a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)

neediness
nounn
noun

• a state of extreme poverty

• the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree

reliance
nounn
noun

• certainty based on past experience

• the state of relying on something

vulnerability
nounn
noun

• the state of being vulnerable or exposed

• susceptibility to injury or attack

Alternatives for DEPENDENCE

Alternatives for HELPLESSNESS

Alternatives for INSUFFICIENCY

Alternatives for INTERDEPENDENCE

Alternatives for NEEDINESS

Alternatives for RELIANCE

Alternatives for VULNERABILITY

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