autarchy
/ˈɔˌtɑɹki/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.16 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative spelling of autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Like Philip's, Franco's autarchy was shrouded in religiosity—not Christianity alone, but also a sort of dim Wagnerian vision of hero-gods and Valhallas, a gloomy level of devotion on which paganism, Catholicism and the apotheosis of the State could conveniently be mingled."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin autarchia, from Koine Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy”), from αὔταρχος (aútarkhos, “autocratic”), from αὐτ- (aut-, “self”) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule, govern”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: autarchia, αὐταρχία
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔˌtɑɹki/
- British English: /ˈɔːtəki/