Autarky definition
A policy of national self-sufficiency and nonreliance on imports or economic aid.
noun
A self-sufficient region or country.
noun
Self-sufficiency; independence.
noun
Economic self-sufficiency, esp. on a national basis; national policy of getting along without imports.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
autarky
Plural:
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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