| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | au·tar·chy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô tär k |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. au·tar·chies
1. Absolute rule or power; autocracy. 2. A country under such rule. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek autarkhos, self-governing, autarch : auto-, auto- + arkhos, ruler (from arkhein, to rule). | | OTHER FORMS: | au·tarchic (-k k) , au·tarchi·cal (-k-k l) —ADJECTIVE
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