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Noun: autarchy  'o,taa(r)-kee
  1. Economic independence as a national policy
    "North Korea's pursuit of autarchy has led to international isolation";
    - autarky
     
  2. A political system governed by a single individual
    "The country had been under autarchy for decades before the revolution";
    - autocracy

Derived forms: autarchies

Type of: form of government, independence, independency, political system

Encyclopedia: Autarchy