autarchy
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/ˈɔːtəki/
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/ˈɔːtəki/ · /-tɑː-/ · /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/
Definition of autarchy
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A condition of absolute power.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A condition of absolute power.
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(countable, uncountable)Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
“Like Philip's, Franco's autarchy was shrouded in religiosity—not Christianity alone, but also a sort of dim Wagnerian vision of hero-gods and Valhallas, a gloomy level of devotion on which paganism, Catholicism and the apotheosis of the State could conveniently be mingled.”
- (countable, uncountable)Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
- (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative spelling of autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”).
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin autarchia, from Koine Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy”), from αὔταρχος (aútarkhos, “autocratic”), from αὐτ- (aut-, “self”) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule, govern”).
Words you can make from autarchy
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- CATH 9 pts
- CHAR 9 pts
- CHAT 9 pts
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- YUCA 9 pts
- ARTY 7 pts
- HAAR 7 pts
- HART 7 pts
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- HURT 7 pts
- RATH 7 pts
- RAYA 7 pts
- RUTH 7 pts
- TAHR 7 pts
- THRU 7 pts
- TRAY 7 pts
- YURT 7 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- CART 6 pts
- CURT 6 pts
- AURA 4 pts
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