2 December 2014

autarky

[aw-tahr-kee]

noun, plural autarkies.
1. the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation.
2. a national policy of economic independence.

Also, autarchy.

Origin
Greek
1610-1620; < Greek autárkeia, equivalent to aut- aut- + arke- suffice + -ia -ia

Related forms
autarkic, autarkical, adjective
autarkically, adverb
autarkist, noun

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Today’s aphorism

Freedom is the right to one’s dignity as a man.

– Archibald MacLeish

On this day

2 December – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

2 December 1972 – death of Yip Man, Wing Chun Kung Fu grand-master. Immortalised in the movie, Ip Man. Born 1 October 1893.