Inflected forms: 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.
ETYMOLOGY:
Greek autarkeia, self-sufficiency, from autarks, self-sufficient : auto-, auto- + arkein, to suffice.
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