au‧tar‧chy especially British English, autarky American English /ˈɔːtɑːki $ ˈɒːtɑːr-/ noun (plural autarchies) [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Greek; Origin: autarchia, from auto- ( ⇒ auto-) + -archia (, -archy)]
formal a policy in which a country or area does not want or need goods, food etc from any other country or area, or a country which has this policy

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