self-help

English

Etymology

self- +‎ help

Noun

self-help (uncountable)

1. The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.

   a self-help book

2. (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／励志 (zh) (lìzhì), 励志 (zh) (lìzhì)

• Danish: selvhjælp c
• Dutch: zelfhulp (nl), zelfhelp (nl)
• Finnish: itseapu
• German: Selbsthilfe (de) f
• Greek: αυτοβοήθεια (el) (aftovoḯtheia)
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• 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)

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