Dictionary Entry
autarky
Part of SpeechnounPronunciationaw-tar-keeWord FrequencyUncommon (2.39)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)National economic self-sufficiency.
In a Sentence
“The nation pursued autarky, aiming to produce all its own goods and services without relying on foreign imports.”
Published Usage Examples
“I take "autarky" in the sense that one must be able to produce enough to pay for what one consumes, which condemns the American economy as it presently is.”
“Dr. Woods describes a distributivism which advocates that “people withdraw from the division of labor of a market society and retreat instead into a kind of autarky … The emphasis here is on having as many people as possible be owners of their own land and of whatever means of production they employ”8.”
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Origin
From Greek 'autarkeia' meaning 'self-sufficiency'.
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Poetry examples for “autarky”
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