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au·tar·ky or au·tar·chy  (ôtärk)
n. 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.
[Greek autarkeia, self-sufficiency, from autarks, self-sufficient : auto-, auto- + arkein, to suffice.]
au·tarkic (-kk), au·tarki·cal (-k-kl) adj.
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Adj.1.autarkic - of countries; not relying on imports
autarkical
independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"


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