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autarchy

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Etymology 1

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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

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autarchy (countable and uncountable, plural autarchies)

  1. A condition of absolute power.
  2. (government) Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
    • 1964, Jan Morris, “Envoi: State of Being”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
      Like Philip's, Franco's autarchy was shrouded in religiosity—not Christianity alone, but also a sort of dim Wagnerian vision of hero-gods and Valhallas, a gloomy level of devotion on which paganism, Catholicism and the apotheosis of the State could conveniently be mingled.
  3. (politics) Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:government
Usage notes
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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).

Derived terms
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Translations
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autocratic government — see autocracy

Etymology 2

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See autarky.

Noun

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autarchy (countable and uncountable, plural autarchies)

  1. Alternative spelling of autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”)

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