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Definition of: autarchy
(ô′tär·kē) noun
1. Absolute rule or sovereignty or a country under such rule; unrestricted power; autocracy.
2. Self-government.
3. Autarky. [<Gk. autarchos absolute ruler <autos self + archein rule]
—au·tar·chic (ô·tär′kik) or ·chi·cal adjective
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