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Definition of: autarky
(ô′tär·kē) noun
National economic self-sufficiency; a policy of establishing independence of imports from other countries: also autarchy. [<Gk. autarkeia self-sufficiency <autos self + arkeein suffice]
—au·tar·ki·cal (ô·tär′ki·kəl) adjective
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