Autarky Definition
ôtärkē
autarchies, autarkies
noun
autarkies
A policy of national self-sufficiency and nonreliance on imports or economic aid.
American Heritage
Self-sufficiency; independence.
Webster's New World
A self-sufficient region or country.
American Heritage
Economic self-sufficiency, esp. on a national basis; national policy of getting along without imports.
Webster's New World
National economic self-sufficiency.
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autarkiesOrigin of Autarky
Greek autarkeia self-sufficiency from autarkēs self-sufficient auto- auto- arkein to suffice
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Ancient Greek αὐτάρκεια (autarkia, “self sufficiency”).
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