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Autarky - 3 dictionary results

au⋅tar⋅ky

[aw-tahr-kee]
–noun, plural -kies.
1. the condition of self-sufficiency, esp. economic, as applied to a nation.
2. a national policy of economic independence.
Also, autarchy.


Origin:
1610–20; < Gk autárkeia, equiv. to aut- aut- + arke- suffice + -ia -ia
au·tar·ky or au·tar·chy     (ô'tär'kē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   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.

[Greek autarkeia, self-sufficiency, from autarkēs, self-sufficient : auto-, auto- + arkein, to suffice.]
au·tar'kic (-kĭk), au·tar'ki·cal (-kĭ-kəl) adj.
autarky

noun
economic independence as a national policy 

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