autarkical
/ɔˈtɑrkɪkəl/
adjective
- Relating to or characterized by economic self-sufficiency; the same as 'autarkic' but less common.
- Critics say that an autarkical approach to energy hurts international cooperation.
- The government's autarkical policies aimed to make the nation independent of foreign food imports.
- The small village had an autarkical economy, trading only within its own borders.
- Self-sufficient; not needing help from others.
- In theory, an autarkical household would produce all its own energy, food, and water.
- The autarkical lifestyle of the hermit appealed to those tired of modern consumerism.
- They built an autarkical farm that required no outside resources.
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