self-help

English

self- +‎ help

self-help (uncountable)

The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.
a self-help book
- 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:
  Look at the self-help titles in the bookstore, and you'll get a few clues about our culture. They're all about aggression and acquisition. It wouldn't be at all surprising to see a book called How to Force your Will on Other People by Giving Them the Shaft and Fucking Them out of Their Money.
(law) An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings.
self-help repossession

bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others

redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自助 (zh) (zìzhù), 自力救濟／自力救济 (zìlì jiùjì)
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: oma apu
Hungarian: (taking the law into one's own hands) ^{(please verify)} önbíráskodás (hu), (self-defense) ^{(please verify)} önvédelem (hu), ^{(please verify)} önsegély (hu), ^{(please verify)} önsegélyezés

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