Meanings
comparative more autarkic · superlative most autarkic
- Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient.
The countryside, in short, was becoming more archaic and more autarkic.
1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2015, page 6871 more example
Fascists had no particular economic doctrine aside from preparing for war. They wanted to build autarkic economies that could withstand blockade and did not rely on foreign trade except for bilateral deals with weaker countries.
2020, John McNeill, “How fascist is President Trump? There’s still a formula for that,”, in Washington Post
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof countries; not relying on imports
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan autàrquic
- autàrquicself-sufficient
Czech soběstačný
- soběstačnýself-sufficient
German autark
- autarkself-sufficient
Italian autarchico
- autarchicoself-sufficient
Polish autarkiczny
- autarkicznyself-sufficient
Russian самодоста́точный
- самодоста́точный (samodostátočnyj)self-sufficient
Spanish autárquico
- autárquicoself-sufficient
Cite this entry
autarkic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autarkic
“autarkic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autarkic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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