private vs self-sustaining

private

adj
  • Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded. 

  • Not publicly known; not open; secret. 

  • Not shared with another patient. 

  • Not accessible by the public. 

  • Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group. 

  • Secretive; reserved. 

  • Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses. 

  • Not traded by the public. 

  • Not in governmental office or employment. 

noun
  • A private lesson. 

  • The genitals. 

  • A soldier of the lowest rank in the army. 

  • A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care. 

verb
  • To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently). 

self-sustaining

adj
  • Opposing or rejecting exterior influence; independent. 

  • Able to sustain itself without the need for additional fuel. 

  • Able to provide for one's own needs without help from others; self-sufficient. 

How often have the words private and self-sustaining occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )