AUTARCHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autarchy mean? 

• AUTARCHY (noun)
  The noun AUTARCHY has 2 senses:

1. economic independence as a national policy

2. a political system governed by a single individual

  Familiarity information: AUTARCHY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTARCHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Economic independence as a national policy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

autarchy; autarky

Hypernyms ("autarchy" is a kind of...):

independence; independency (freedom from control or influence of another or others)

Derivation:

autarchical (of or relating to or characterized by autarchy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A political system governed by a single individual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

autarchy; autocracy

Hypernyms ("autarchy" is a kind of...):

form of government; political system (the members of a social organization who are in power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autarchy"):

monarchy (an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority)

absolutism; authoritarianism; Caesarism; despotism; dictatorship; monocracy; one-man rule; shogunate; Stalinism; totalitarianism; tyranny (a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.))

Derivation:

autarchical (of or relating to or characterized by autarchy)