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   au·tar·ky

   /ˈôˌtärkē/

   noun

   • 1. economic independence or self-sufficiency: "rural community autarchy is a Utopian dream"
   • ▪ a country, state, or society which is economically independent.

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. autarkic adjective
   • 2. autarkical adjective
   • 3. autarkist noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • A

     1

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • K

     5

   • Y

     4

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