autarky

Definitions


[ˈɔːtɑːki], (Noun)

Definitions:
- economic independence or self-sufficiency
(e.g: rural community autarchy is a Utopian dream)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from Greek autarkeia, from autarkēs ‘self-sufficiency’, from autos ‘self’ + arkein ‘suffice’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries