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autarkic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɔːˈtɑːkɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English autarky Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English autarkic From autarky + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient.
    • The countryside, in short, was becoming more archaic and more autarkic. 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2015, page 687:
    • Fascists had no particular economic doctrine aside from preparing for war. They wanted to build autarkic economies that could withstand blockade and did not rely on foreign trade except for bilateral deals with weaker countries. 2020, John McNeill, “How fascist is President Trump? There’s still a formula for that,”, in Washington Post:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most autarkic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more autarkic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

autarkically

Translations (13)

it autarchico (self-sufficient) · mk авта́ркичен (self-sufficient) · mk самодо́волен (self-sufficient) · ca autàrquic (self-sufficient) · de autark (self-sufficient) · ru самодоста́точный (self-sufficient) · es autárquico (self-sufficient) · cs soběstačný (self-sufficient) · pl autarkiczny (self-sufficient) · ka ავტარკიული (self-sufficient) · ka თვითკმარი (self-sufficient) · mk самозадо́волен (self-sufficient) · mk авта́рхичен (self-sufficient)