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autarky|ˈɔːtəkɪ| In 7 -archie; 9– -archy. [ad. Gr. αὐτάρκεια, f. αὐτάρκης self-sufficient, f. αὐτ(ο- self + ἀρκέ-ειν to suffice.] a. Self-sufficiency.
1617Samuel Ward Balm fr. Gilead 18 The Autarchie and selfe-sufficiencie of God. 1635H. Valentine Foure Sea-Sermons 10 It may as well stand upon its bottome, and boast an Autarchie, and selfe sufficiencie. c1643Maximes Unfolded 4 Autarchie or selfe sufficiency. 1657J. Trapp Commentary Ezra, Neh., Psalms 669 [Ps. xxxiv. 10] These have an autarkie, a self-sufficiency, such as godliness is never without. 1863D. Simon Dorner's Pers. Christ ii. III. 66 To the Kantian practical autarchy, the dogma of the Godman is unnecessary. 1951Hoggart Auden v. 150 He may deny the necessity for any metaphysic, and retreat into a cold intellectual autarchy. 1957T. S. Eliot On Poetry i. 23 A general autarky in culture simply will not work: the hope of perpetuating the culture of any country lies in communication with others. b. spec. (A policy of) economic self-sufficiency in a political unit.
1934Sun (Baltimore) 11 Apr. 10/3 Internationalism..would at least check the present steady drive toward..autarchy, political isolationism and Fascism. 1939J. Hope Simpson Refugee Question 5 The doctrine of ‘autarky’..has materially affected normal international trade. Hence ˈautarkist n., one who advocates or practises autarky. Also attrib.
1938New Statesman 15 Jan. 75/1 The only chance of inducing the autarkist countries to open their frontiers to the free flow of goods and money. 1939A. G. B. Fisher Econ. Self-Suff. 14 The autarkist is not greatly interested in higher standards of living. |