autarchic

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  1. Of or pertaining to autarchy; specifically, pertaining to a stage of social evolution in which groups are held together in larger wholes involuntarily and by force. Amer. Jour. Sociol., Jan., 1901, p. 505.

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  • So Rome became autarchic. —  Security
  • n. - absolute sovereignty; autocracy. autarchic, autarchical, —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • And China too has signed a Free Trade agreement with Colombia, which simply proves bireds of a feather and all that, both regimes are autarchic, militarist. —  LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Analysis And Comment
  • 1930, culminated in the emergence of protectionist trading blocs and the ascendancy of national autarchic policies. —  On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
  • The inevitable breakdown of the gold standard in 1931-33 was caused by the acute disequilibrium in the international balances of payments as countries resorted to autarchic "beggar-thy-neighbour" policies and competitive devaluations. —  On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
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