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autarchy¹

  • /ˈɔːtəki/ UK
  • /-tɑː-/ UK
  • /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/ US

Sounds like autarky

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin autarchia, from Koine Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy”), from αὔταρχος (aútarkhos, “autocratic”), from αὐτ- (aut-, “self”) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule, govern”).

noun autarchies

  1. countable, uncountable A condition of absolute power.
  2. countable, uncountable Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person). Like Philip's, Franco's autarchy was shrouded in religiosity—not Christianity alone, but also a sort of dim Wagnerian vision of hero-gods and Valhallas, a gloomy level of devotion on which paganism, Catholicism and the apotheosis of the State could conveniently be mingled.
  3. countable, uncountable Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).

    Similar: government

autarchy²

  • /ˈɔːtəki/ UK
  • /-tɑː-/ UK
  • /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/ US

Sounds like autarky

Where it comes from

See autarky.

noun autarchies

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”).

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noun condition of absolute power

Españolautarquía, autarcía
한국어전제 jeonje
日本語専制 sensei
中文專制 /专制 zhuānzhì
Portuguêsautarquia
Françaisautarchie
DeutschAutarkie
Italianoautarchia
Русскийавтарки́я avtarkíja, автокра́тия avtokrátija

noun condition of economic self-sufficiency

中文封閉經濟 /封闭经济 fēngbì jīngjì

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@misc{autarchy_2026,
  title = {autarchy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/autarchy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}