autarch
- noun
- /ˈɔːtɑrk/
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autarca
- As an autarch, she opposed all foreign trade agreements to maintain economic independence.
Examples
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The new leader was an outspoken autarch who promoted national self-reliance.
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The party's autarch members argued for strict economic independence from other countries.
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As an autarch, she opposed all foreign trade agreements.
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An autarch believes that a nation should rely on its own resources.
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The autarchs of the past often rejected foreign trade.
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The new leader was an outspoken autarch who promoted national self-reliance.
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The party's autarch members advocated for policies that ensured self-sufficiency in production.
Antonyms
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4.1
A process when countries, companies, and cultures begin to connect across the world
How Self-sufficient
Surface Forms
Morphology
autarch = auto + arch (semi-transparent) = aut + arch
The morphological parts suggest 'self' + 'ruler', but the sense referring specifically to supporters of autarky is specialized and relies on knowledge of the political/economic term 'autarky'.
Etymology
Autarch comes from the Greek parts auto- ('self') and -arch ('rule' or 'ruler'), the same auto- you see in autonomous. As a political view, an autarch is someone who wants a nation to be 'self-reliant' and to avoid trade or help from other countries.