Meaning of Autarchy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A condition of absolute power.
   countable, uncountable
2. Alternative spelling of autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”).
   alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
3. Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
   countable, uncountable
4. Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

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