Definition of AUTARCHY

autarchy

Plural: autarchies

Noun

  • Rule by a single person with absolute power; despotism.
  • economic independence as a national policy
  • a political system governed by a single individual
  • A condition of absolute power.
  • Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
  • Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
  • Alternative spelling of autarky (“personal condition or state of self-reliance; (policy of) national economic self-sufficiency; self-sufficient country or region”).

Examples

  • He ruled the Scrabble board with an autarchy of high-scoring words.

Origin / Etymology

From Medieval Latin autarchia, from Koine Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy”), from αὔταρχος (aútarkhos, “autocratic”), from αὐτ- (aut-, “self”) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule, govern”).

Scrabble Score: 16

autarchy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
autarchy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
autarchy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

autarchy: valid Words With Friends Word