What is another word for self-protection?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛlfpɹətˈɛkʃən] (IPA)

Self-protection is defined as the act of protecting oneself from harm, danger or aggression. It is a necessary aspect of our lives and is required to ensure our safety and security. However, there are various synonyms for the word self-protection that encompass different aspects of this process. Firstly, self-defense is the physical protection of oneself from harm. Secondly, self-preservation refers to the act of maintaining one's wellbeing or existence. Thirdly, self-care represents the necessary actions that an individual takes to protect and promote their own health and well-being. Fourthly, self-reliance is the ability to depend on oneself to survive and thrive. Lastly, self-assertion is the act of standing up for oneself and one's rights. All these synonyms represent different aspects of self-protection, and understanding them can help individuals prepare for a better future.

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Famous quotes with Self-protection

  • A man's demonstration of self-respect is to never go down on knees before a woman and his self-protection is to stay away from a person who does or asks the people to do such demeaning, kneel down acts.
    Anuj Somany
  • I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection.
    Mahatma Gandhi
  • Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general education. Figuratively speaking, it will be like providing the women of civilized society with a pocket dagger for self-protection.
    Fukuzawa Yukichi
  • In such an environment there operates an unfortunate natural selection. Since not only the rewards but also the means and opportunities of public activity belong to the organized system, a bright boy will try to get ahead in it. He will do well in school, keep out of trouble, and apply for the right jobs. It would follow from this that the organized system is sparked by a good proportion of the bright boys, and so it is. On the other hand, in sheer self-protection, smart boys who are sensitive, have strong animal spirits or great souls, cannot play that game. There are two alternative possibilities: (1) Either the advantages of the organized system cause them to inhibit their powers, and they turn into cynical pushers or obsessional specialists or timid hard workers that make up the middle status of the system. Or (2) their natural virtues and perhaps alternative training are too strong and they become independents; but as such they are hard put, not so much hard put for money as for means to act; and so they are likely to become bitter, eccentric, etc., and so much the less effective in changing the system they disapprove
    Paul Goodman
  • The de-eroticization of the world, a companion to its disenchantment … seems to result from a combination of causes—our democratic regime and its tendencies toward leveling and self-protection, a reductionist-materialist science that inevitably interprets eros as sex, and the atmosphere generated by “the death of God” and of the subordinate god, Eros.
    Allan Bloom

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