autarchy

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Although the European perspective has been instrumental in guiding young democracies out of the grip of authoritarianism and autarchy, this power to transform the fringe is slipping.

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  1. noun Absolute rule or power; autocracy.
  2. noun A country under such rule.
  3. noun Variant of autarky.

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  • Renegotiate trade agreements with other countries, make sure they are not barring our goods (and Europe in particular is famous for that), but don't try to function as an autarchy. —  Latest Articles
  • This smacks of the financial autarchy that characterized defaulters in the financial crisis in Asia in the late 1990s. —  TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News
  • The world is manifestly tending toward a state of full economic autarchy of each nation. —  Capitalism Magazine (CapMag.com)
  • No State yet has complete autarchy. —  Sound Military Decision
  • Rapid economic growth fueled by foreign credits gradually gave way to economic autarchy accompanied by wrenching austerity and severe political repression.
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Etymologies (3)

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

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  1. from Greek αν)ταρχία, absolute power, from αὐταρχος, absolute, from αν̄τός, self, + ἂρχετν, rule.
  2. Prop. *autarcy, from Greek αὐτἀρκεια, self-sufficiency, from αὐτάρκης, self-sufficient, from αὐτός, self, + ἀρκεῑν, suffice.
 

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