autarchy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power”), from αὔταρχος (aútarkhos, “autocratic”), from αὐτ- (aut-, “self”) +‎ ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule, govern”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔːtɑː(ɹ)ki/
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Homophone: autarky

Noun

autarchy (countable and uncountable, plural autarchies)

A condition of absolute power.
Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:government
Alternative spelling of autarky (“national economic self-reliance”)

Derived terms

autarch
autarchic
autarchical
autarchically
autarchism
autarchist

Related terms

autarky
autocracy

Translations

condition of absolute power

Belarusian: аўтаркі́я f (aŭtarkíja)
Bulgarian: авта́рхия f (avtárhija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 專制 (zh), 专制 (zh) (zhuānzhì)
Finnish: itsevaltius (fi)
French: autarchie (fr) f
German: Autarkie (de) f
Irish: átarcacht f
Italian: autarchia (it) f
Japanese: 専制 (ja) (せんせい, sensei)
Kazakh: автаркия (avtarkiä)
Korean: 전제(專制) (ko) (jeonje)
Polish: autarchia (pl) f, autokratyzm (pl) m, jednowładztwo n, jedynowładztwo n, samowładztwo n, autokracja (pl) f
Portuguese: autarquia (pt)
Russian: автарки́я (ru) f (avtarkíja), автокра́тия (ru) f (avtokrátija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: аутархија f
Roman: autarhija (sh)
Spanish: autarquía (es) f, autarcía (es) f
Ukrainian: авта́ркія (uk) f (avtárkija), автаркі́я (uk) f (avtarkíja)

autocratic government — see autocracy

condition of economic self-sufficiency

Chinese:
Mandarin: 封閉經濟, 封闭经济 (fēngbì jīngjì)
Finnish: omavaraisuus (fi), autarkia (fi)
Kazakh: автаркия (avtarkiä)