autarky


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
autarky /ˈɔːtɑːki/ (also autarchy)
noun (pl. autarkies)
  • 1 economic independence or self-sufficiency.
  • 2 a state or society which is economically independent.
– derivatives
autarkic adjective.
– origin C17: from Gk autarkeia, from autarkēs ‘self-sufficiency’.
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