autarky
A personal condition or state of self-relianceA personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)A personal condition or state of self-reliance; independence.
Autarkie
(specifically, uncountable)(A policy of) national economic self-sufficiency, aimed at ending reliance on foreign imports to sustain a domestic economy.
Autarkie
авта́рки́яavtárkíja
авта́ркі́яavtárkíja
economic independence as a national policy
(countable, specifically)A self-sufficient country or region which is not dependent on international trade to function economically.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ (autắrkeiă, “independence, self-sufficiency, autarkBorrowed 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).
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Forms
plural: autarkiesSynonyms
1 synonyms- economic independence as a national policy:autarchy
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable