'Self-help' definitions:
Definition of 'self-help'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of helping or improving yourself without relying on anyone else
Definition of 'Self-help'
From: GCIDE
- Self-help \Self`-help"\, a. of, pertaining to, or useful for the process of developing one's capabilities or solving one's problems; as, self-help books on writing for profit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Self-help'
From: GCIDE
- Self-help \Self`-help"\, n.
- 1. The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) The right or fact of redressing or preventing wrongs by one's own action without recourse to legal proceedings, as in self-defense, distress, abatement of a nuisance, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. developing one's capabilities or solving one's own problems, especially psychological problems, without the assistance of a professional, by independent study or by association with other individuals having similar interests. [PJC]