Self-contained (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

In full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

• After meditating for years, he was finally a self-contained person, rarely rattled by stressful situations.
• Throughout her tough interview, Maria seemed composed, intelligent and highly self-contained, displaying few emotional tremors.
• Michael came off as especially relaxed during that especially prickly, hours-long broadcast chat due in great measure because the folks leading things regarded this obviously nice highly sensitive modest basically positive leader there seemingly uniquely dependable; still equally on time far quite great greater while reliably speaking cools which people far or felt already possibly looked close usually since although said unentitltely before something particularly once able likely coming maybe than first expected possibly so far very many, namely, a very self-contained special sort of highly naturally extremely intelligent as well rather less surprisingly now more so, there ultimately.
• It was astonishing how self-contained she was after being in a coma for two years, regaining life virtually overnight, without much difficulty.
• Since he was pretty consistently a lot more self-contained than had been expected, being suddenly able to handle pressure situations relatively easily, very few were overly particularly critical of him.

Synonyms

• Self-collected
• Collected
• Equanimous
• Poised
• Self-possessed

Meaning ²

Constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; "the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

• The research station in Antarctica was a self-contained community, providing for all the needs of its residents during the long winter months.
• The luxury hotel was designed to be a self-contained resort, with its own private beach, spa, and entertainment facilities.
• The spacecraft was a self-contained ecosystem, capable of sustaining life for months without any external support.
• The apartment complex was a self-contained village, with its own grocery store, restaurant, and community center.
• The university campus was a self-contained town, with its own police department, hospital, and recreational facilities.