self-help

English

Etymology

self- +‎ help

Noun

self-help (uncountable)

The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.
a self-help book
(law) An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings.

Synonyms

(act of bettering oneself): self-improvement

Translations

bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others

Chinese:
Mandarin: 勵志 (zh), 励志 (zh) (lìzhì)
Danish: selvhjælp c
Dutch: zelfhulp (nl), zelfhelp (nl)
Finnish: itseapu
German: Selbsthilfe (de) f
Greek: αυτοβοήθεια (el) (aftovoḯtheia)

Gujarati: સ્વસહાય (svashāya)
Irish: féinchabhair f, féinchúnamh m
Italian: autoaiuto m
Portuguese: auto-ajuda
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian: samopomoć (sh)
Spanish: autoayuda (es) f

redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自助 (zh) (zìzhù)

Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: oma apu

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