autarchy (redirected from autarchies)

au·tar·chy ¹  (ôtärk)

n. pl. au·tar·chies

1. Absolute rule or power; autocracy.

2. A country under such rule.

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[From Greek autarkhos, self-governing, autarch : auto-, auto- + arkhos, ruler (from arkhein, to rule).]

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au·tarchic (-kk), au·tarchi·cal (-k-kl) adj.

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autarchy [aw-tar-kee]

Noun

pl -chies absolute power or autocracy [Greek autarkhia]

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autarchy

1. an absolute sovereignty.
2. an autocratic government.
3. autarky. — autarch, n. — autarchie, autarchical, adj.

See also: Government

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	autarchy - economic independence as a national policy autarky independence, independency - freedom from control or influence of another or others
	2.	autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual autocracy monarchy - an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, absolutism - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)