autarchy

as in tyranny
a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power having just thrown off the yoke of Great Britain, the American Founding Fathers were adamantly opposed to establishing some form of homegrown autarchy

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Recent Examples of autarchy But that’s the point: These people don’t live in an autarchy. David Marchesephotograph By Christopher Anderson/magnum, For The New York Times, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022 But Russia’s economy is far too small to be an autarchy. Robert Zubrin, National Review, 10 May 2021
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Noun
  • What happened in Anaheim a century ago shows how to combat tyranny and white supremacy — and also that the work is never really done.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The monster was the liberation from the tyranny of image.
    E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That is quite an achievement for a film which is certainly not a popcorn movie, recording the real-life story of Eunice Pavia and her reinvention of herself and rebuilding of her family after her husband, Rubens Pavia, an opponent of Brazil’s military dictatorship, disappeared after arrest in 1971.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The movie recounts the experiences of Eunice Paiva and her family after her husband Rubens Paiva was taken into custody during the country’s military dictatorship.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s a Brazilian film about fighting fascism at home with big and small acts of resistance.
    Cristina Escobar, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • From fraught talk of cultural fascism to economic critiques of the entertainment industry, honorees and their peers predicted an uncertain but fiery future for filmmakers, cast, and crew.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Trump could also falter because a world of ambitious, colluding autocracies is difficult even for the most skillful superpower to handle.
    HAL BRANDS, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Following it all is independent journalist and Nobel Prize-winner Maria Ressa, with an eye toward the specter of increasing autocracy.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Autarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autarchy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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