autarky

(ô′tär′kē)

noun

self-sufficiency; independence
economic self-sufficiency, esp. on a national basis; national policy of getting along without imports

Origin: Gr autarkeia, self-sufficiency < autos, self + arkein, to achieve, suffice: see exercise

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or au·tar·chy

noun pl. au·tar·kies or au·tar·chies

A policy of national self-sufficiency and nonreliance on imports or economic aid.
A self-sufficient region or country.

Origin:

Origin: Greek autarkeia, self-sufficiency

Origin: , from autarkēs, self-sufficient

Origin: : auto-, auto-

Origin: + arkein, to suffice

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