sufficiency (n.)

late 15c., from Late Latin sufficientia, from Latin sufficiens "adequate" (see sufficient) + -cy. Sufficience is from late 14c.

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sufficient (adj.)

early 14c., from Old French soficient "satisfactory," or directly from Latin sufficientem (nominative sufficiens) "adequate," present participle of sufficere "to supply as a substitute," from sub "up to" (see sub-) + combining form of facere "to make, to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put").

-cy

abstract noun suffix of quality or rank, from Latin -cia, -tia, from Greek -kia, -tia, from abstract ending -ia (see -ia) + stem ending -c- or -t-. The native correspondents are -ship, -hood.

self-sufficiency (n.)

"inherent fitness for all ends and purposes and independence of others," 1620s, originally also an attribute of God (translating Greek autakreia); see self + sufficiency. Of mortals, "ability to supply one's own needs," it is implied by 1580s (compare self-sufficient). Sometimes formerly also "an overweening opinion of one's talent or worth" (1690s).

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Definitions of sufficiency

sufficiency (n.)

sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations;

her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency

sufficiency (n.)

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose;

there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country

Synonyms: enough

sufficiency (n.)

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view;

he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence

Synonyms: adequacy

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