Definition of "self-dependent" []

• Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "I'm hoping I've trained my kids enough to be somewhat self-dependent to at least survive if I were laid up for a few days."
• "Everyone is searching for a new job or wants to be self-dependent."
• "I believe the world has become such, that we no longer learn how to be self-dependent."