autarky

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtɑːki/
(also autarchy)

noun

[mass noun]
  • economic independence or self-sufficiency: rural community autarchy is a Utopian dream
  • [count noun] a country, state, or society which is economically independent.

Derivatives

autarkic

Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɑːkɪk/
adjective

Origin:

early 17th century: from Greek autarkeia, from autarkēs 'self-sufficiency', from autos 'self' + arkein 'suffice'