autarky

(ôtär′kē)

noun

  1. self-sufficiency; independence
  2. 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

Related Forms:

See autarky in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or au·tar·chy

noun pl. au·tar·kies or au·tar·chies
  1. A policy of national self-sufficiency and nonreliance on imports or economic aid.
  2. 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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Related Forms:

  • au·tarˈkic (-kĭk), au·tarˈki·cal (-kĭ-kəl) adjective

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