autarchy
noun
[ ˈɔːtɑːki ]
• another term for autocracy.
• variant spelling of autarky.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from modern Latin autarchia, from Greek autos ‘self’ + -arkhia (from arkhein ‘take the lead’), on the pattern of monarchia ‘monarchy’.
autarky
noun
• economic independence or self-sufficiency.
• "rural community autarchy is a Utopian dream"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Greek autarkeia, from autarkēs ‘self-sufficiency’, from autos ‘self’ + arkein ‘suffice’.
