Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to an autarky
- adj. self-sufficient
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. not relying on imports; -- of countries.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of countries; not relying on imports
Examples
“Affordable and reliable spaceflight needn't be side tracked by autarkic populism.”
“Many others, such as former head of the Libyan National Oil Corporation, Shukri Ghanem, successfully fended off the worst possible excesses of the resource nationalism and autarkic thinking of Seif's opponents.”
“Its transition from centrally-planned, autarkic and dysfunctional empire to a more pluralistic, modern and dynamic element of a multi-polar world is lasting decades.”
“We don't want an autarkic economy that stays within itself, isolated from the process of globalization," he said.”
The Wall Street Journal: Freshly Sworn In, Peru President Raises Wages
“Since then it has grown into a nationalist and sometimes autarkic philosophy.”
“India enjoys an advantage in this regard because it has a longer tradition of brand-building than, say, China—despite many restrictions, Indian firms have faced stiffer competition and a freer press than many other, more autarkic, markets in Asia.”
The Wall Street Journal: Consumers Safely in the Driver's Seat
“The fact is that time is a factor in all endeavors, whether one chooses to cooperate or if one chooses to have an autarkic existence.”
Roll Over, Ricardo, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Central planning and autarkic barter systems have given way to generally capitalist principles with a resounding vote of confidence to the quintessentially American way of life.”
“Indian business leaders tend to frame the importance of English in purely economic terms, as a symbol of a once autarkic country participating in the global economy, and one of the few areas where India leads neighboring China.”
“Or is each metropolitan region mostly autarkic with respect to the other?”
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hermitcl Self-sufficient, independent, autonomous. Alternate spelling, Autarchic. Jun 14, 2009