autarkic

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UK/ɔːˈtɑːkɪk/

adjective

Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveautarkic (comparative more autarkic, superlative most autarkic)

comparative more autarkic · superlative most autarkic

  1. 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 687
    1 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
APA

autarkic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autarkic

MLA

“autarkic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autarkic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autarkic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autarkic.

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