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autarchy

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au⋅tar⋅chy

  [aw-tahr-kee]
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–noun, plural -chies.
1. absolute sovereignty.
2. an autocratic government.
3. autarky.
Origin:
1655–65; < Gk autarchía self-rule. See aut-, -archy

Related forms:
au⋅tar⋅chic, au⋅tar⋅chi⋅cal, adjective
au⋅tar⋅chi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
au⋅tar⋅chist, noun

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

Related forms:
au⋅tar⋅kic, au⋅tar⋅ki⋅cal, adjective
au⋅tar⋅ki⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
au⋅tar⋅kist, noun
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au·tar·chy 1   (ô'tär'kē)   
n.   pl. au·tar·chies

  1. Absolute rule or power; autocracy.

  2. A country under such rule.


[From Greek autarkhos, self-governing, autarch : auto-, auto- + arkhos, ruler (from arkhein, to rule).]
au·tar'chic (-kĭk), au·tar'chi·cal (-kĭ-kəl) adj.
au·tar·chy 2   (ô'tär'kē)   
n.  Variant of autarky.
au·tar·ky or au·tar·chy   (ô'tär'kē)   
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.
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Word Origin & History

autarchy 
1665, "absolute sovereignty," from Gk. autarkhia, from autarkhein "to be an absolute ruler," from autos "self" + arkhein "to rule." Autarky (1617), from the same source, means "self-sufficiency."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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