Meaning of AUTARCHY
| Pronunciation: | | 'otârkee
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- [n] a political system governed by a single individual
- [n] economic independence as a national policy
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| | Synonyms: | | autarky, autocracy |
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| | Antonyms: | | commonwealth, democracy, republic | | |
| | See Also: | | absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, diarchy, dictatorship, dyarchy, form of government, independence, independency, monarchy, monocracy, one-man rule, political system, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny | |
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| | Definition: | | \Au"tar*chy\, n. [Gr. ? independence; a'yto`s self +
'arkei^n to be sufficient.]
Self-sufficiency. [Obs.] --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute monarchy, absolutism, aristocracy, autarky, authoritarianism, autocracy, autonomy, benevolent despotism, Caesarism, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, czarism, Declaration of Independence, democracy, despotism, dictatorship, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, federal government, federation, feudal system, garrison state, gerontocracy, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, home rule, independence, individualism, inner-direction, kaiserism, limited monarchy, martial law, meritocracy, militarism, military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, neocolonialism, ochlocracy, oligarchy, one-man rule, one-party rule, pantisocracy, paternalism, patriarchate, patriarchy, police state, pure democracy, regency, representative democracy, representative government, republic, rugged individualism, self-containment, self-determination, self-direction, self-government, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, social democracy, Stalinism, stratocracy, technocracy, thearchy, theocracy, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, totalitarianism, triarchy, triumvirate, tyranny, welfare state |
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