autarkical

Also found in: Thesaurus, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to autarkical: autarchic

au·tar·ky

or au·tar·chy (ô′tär′kē)

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 autarkēs, self-sufficient : auto-, auto- + arkein, to suffice.]

au·tar′kic (-kĭk), au·tar′ki·cal (-kĭ-kəl) adj.

autarkical

(ɔːˈtɑːkɪkəl)

adj

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to autarky

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Adj.	1.	autarkical - of or relating to or characterized by autarchy autarchic, autarchical
	2.	autarkical - of countries; not relying on imports autarkic independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

From this standpoint, Gregor explains how Mussolini's autarkical policies functioned as a substitute for the phase Marx calls primitive accumulation because they helped the state to rapidly grow its industry.

Reflections on Italian Fascism, An Interview with Antonio Messina

It is an outcome of a protracted conflict between the center, comprising Pyongyang and the elite ruling class, with its autarkical desire for sovereign control of North Korean political and economic terrain, and the borderland, the political center of the Kim family dynasty.

The Sino-North Korean border economy: money and power relations in North Korea

The citizen is self-subsistent not in an autarkical sense but only in relation to and as integral member of the whole.