Definition of Autarkic

1. Adjective. Of countries; not relying on imports.

Exact synonyms: Autarkical
Similar to: Independent
Derivative terms: Autarky

Definition of Autarkic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an autarky ¹

2. Adjective. self-sufficient ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autarkic

1. autarky [adj] - See also: autarky

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autarkic

autapomorph
autapomorphic
autapomorphically
autapomorphies
autapomorphs
autapomorphy
autapse
autapses
autaptic
autarch
autarchic
autarchical
autarchies
autarchs
autarchy
autarkic (current term)
autarkical
autarkically
autarkies
autarkist
autarkists
autarky
autecic
autecious
autecism
autecisms
autecological
autecologies
autecology
autem

Literary usage of Autarkic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Smart Architecture by Ed van Hinte (2003)
"This scheme is used by some designers and architects in the Netherlands to experiment with 'autarkic' housing that is totally independent of infrastructural ..."

2. Less + More: Droog Design in Context by Renny Ramakers (2002)
"A more anarchic affair is AVL-Ville, a concept for a fully autarkic settlement by ... It does mean that the settlement is as yet not entirely autarkic. ..."

3. Local Economic Development: A Geographical Comparison of Rural Community by Cecily Neil, Markku Tykkyläinen, NetLibrary, Inc (1998)
"It suggests that NGOs facilitating local economic development that necessitates hitherto autarkic or semi-autarkic rural communities' participation in a ..."

4. Bridging Regional Growth and Community Empowerment edited by Michael A. Stegman, William J. Benfanti, John P. Ross (1996)
"Adaptation in the Route 128 economy, by contrast, was constrained by the autarkic organization and practices of its leading producers. ..."

5. The Culture of Violence by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"of violence against challengers, including state terrorism;10 and (14) peripheral regimes in the world system that are more autarkic and less vulnerable to ..."

6. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray (1983)
"Moreover, Hitler had calculated that the combination of the Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact, supplies from the Balkans, and autarkic measures taken in the ..."

7. Making Markets: Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Post by Shafiqul Islam, Michael Mandelbaum (1993)
"The relationship of the SPE to the outer world was highly autarkic. The Soviet Union carried on a significant amount of foreign trade, and trade grew ..."

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