autarchy

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtəki/, /-tɑː-/ (General American) enPR: ôʹtär'kē, IPA(key): /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/ Homophone: autarky Hyphenation: aut‧archy === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== autarchy (countable and uncountable, plural autarchies) A condition of absolute power. (government) Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person). (politics) Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence). Synonyms: see Thesaurus:government ===== Usage notes ===== Not to be confused with autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”), even though the latter word is sometimes also spelled autarchy (see etymology 2 below). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== autarky autocracy ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See autarky. ==== Noun ==== autarchy (countable and uncountable, plural autarchies) Alternative spelling of autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”). === Further reading === autarchism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “autarchy, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “autarchy1”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 386, column 1. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “autarchy2†”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 386, column 1. “autarchy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.