autarchy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: au=tar=chy

CIDE DICTIONARY

autarchy, n. [Gr. independence; a'yto`s self + 'arkei^n to be sufficient.].

•  Self-sufficiency, especially economic self-sufficiency as applied to nations.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  same as autarky.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

autarchy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 absolute sovereignty.
2 despotism.
3 an autarchic country or society.

Derivative

autarchic adj. autarchical adj.

Etymology

mod.L autarchia (as AUTO-, Gk -arkhia f. arkho rule)

THESAURUS

autarchy

Caesarism, Declaration of Independence, Stalinism, absolute monarchy, absolutism, aristocracy, autarky, authoritarianism, autocracy, autonomy, benevolent despotism, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, czarism, democracy, despotism, dictatorship, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, federal government, federation, feudal system, garrison state, gerontocracy, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, home rule, independence, individualism, inner-direction, kaiserism, limited monarchy, martial law, meritocracy, militarism, military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, neocolonialism, ochlocracy, oligarchy, one-man rule, one-party rule, pantisocracy, paternalism, patriarchate, patriarchy, police state, pure democracy, regency, representative democracy, representative government, republic, rugged individualism, self-containment, self-determination, self-direction, self-government, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, social democracy, stratocracy, technocracy, thearchy, theocracy, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, totalitarianism, triarchy, triumvirate, tyranny, welfare state