Autarky

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  • noun. A policy of national self-sufficiency and nonreliance on imports or economic aid.
  • noun. A self-sufficient region or country.
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  • noun. economic independence as a national policy.
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  • noun. National economic self-sufficiency.
  • noun. The state of personal self-sufficiency.
  • noun. An enclosed ecosystem.
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  • noun. economic independence as a national policy
  • Word Usage
    "I take "autarky" in the sense that one must be able to produce enough to pay for what one consumes, which condemns the American economy as it presently is."
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    autarchy