autarky
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autarky
- /ˈɔːtəki/ UK
- /-tɑː-/ UK
- /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/ US
Sounds like autarchy
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ (autắrkeiă, “independence, self-sufficiency, autarky; satisfaction with one’s resources, contentment”) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state). Αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ (Autắrkeiă) is derived from αὐτάρκης (autárkēs, “self-sufficient; content with what one has”) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, suffix forming feminine nouns); while αὐτάρκης (autárkēs) is from αὐτο- (auto-, prefix meaning ‘self’) + ᾰ̓ρκέω (ărkéō, “to be enough for, satisfy, suffice; (passive) to be satisfied with”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to guard, protect; to hold; to lock”)) + -ης (-ēs, suffix forming third-declension adjectives).
noun autarkies · autarchie · autarchy
- A personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence. Autarchie, or contentednes, vvhich is a vertue vvhereby vve are contented vvith thoſe things vvhich vve preſently enioy, & haue iuſtly gotten, & meekly ſuffer poverty & other diſcommodities, neither are broken through vvant or penury, nor gape after other mens goods or ſubſtance, nor covet things ne
- (A policy of) national economic self-sufficiency, aimed at ending reliance on foreign imports to sustain a domestic economy. Selfe-ſufficiencie is the end.] To haue all things, and to vvant or deſire nothing, is Selfe-ſufficiencie, Ariſtot: Polit. Lib. 7. Cap. 5. This autarchie or ſelfe-ſufficiencie, is the end and the good contained in the forme of a Citie, and conſequently is the end of all other ſocieties.
- A self-sufficient country or region which is not dependent on international trade to function economically. Does this mean that the era of autarkies and of economic nationalism is ended?
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noun personal condition or state of self-sufficiency
| 中文 | 自給自足 /自给自足 zìjǐzìzú, 自力更生 zìlìgēngshēng, zìlìgèngshēng |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Autarkie |
noun (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency
| Español | autarcía, autarquía |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 自給自足 /自给自足 zìjǐzìzú |
| हिन्दी | आत्मनिर्भरता ātmanirbhartā |
| Português | autarcia, autarquia |
| Français | autarcie |
| Deutsch | Autarkie |
| Italiano | autarchia |
| Ελληνικά | αυτάρκεια aftárkeia, αυταρχία aftarchía |
| Română | autarhie |
| Русский | авта́рки́я avtárkíja |
| العربية | اكتفاء ذاتي |
| עברית | אוֹטַרְקִיָּה otárkiya |
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title = {autarky},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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