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autarky definition

au·tar·ky (ô′tär′kē)

noun

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

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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