autarchic
Needing no outside help
Autarchic means self-governing or economically self-sufficient.
A country pursuing autarchic policies aims to produce everything it needs domestically, avoiding dependence on foreign trade: North Korea's autarchic economy has left it isolated and impoverished.
The word can also describe personal self-sufficiency or absolute rule.
The noun is autarchy.
Total, without qualification
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
totalitarian · imperious · oppressive · domineering · overbearing · high-handed · peremptory · commanding
Sole wielder of power
- dictatorRuler with total control
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
- despotRuler with absolute power
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
sovereign · potentate · overlord · emperor · czar · sultan · pharaoh · hegemon
Favors limiting foreign trade
- insularNarrow in outlook
- secludedSet apart, private
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- noninterventionistOpposing foreign policy involvement
unilateral · separatist · hermitic · reclusive · aloof · inward-looking · fortress · quarantined
Able to provide independently
- self-supportingAble to maintain oneself
- self-sustainingAble to continue independently
- self-containedWhole without external parts
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
independent · self-made · resilient · bootstrapping · enterprising · self-starter · capable · self-standing
Controlling one's own affairs
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- independentFree from external control
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
self-administered · decentralized · nonaligned · free · liberated · emancipated · unconstrained · self-directed
absolute
Total, without qualification
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
authoritarian · totalitarian · imperious · oppressive · domineering · overbearing · high-handed · peremptory · commanding · controlling
autocrat
Sole wielder of power
monarch · sovereign · potentate · overlord · emperor · czar · sultan · pharaoh · hegemon · imperator
protectionist
Favors limiting foreign trade
noninterventionist · unilateral · separatist · hermitic · reclusive · aloof · inward-looking · fortress · quarantined · embargo
self-reliant
Able to provide independently
- self-supportingAble to maintain oneself
- self-sustainingAble to continue independently
- self-containedWhole without external parts
resourceful · independent · self-made · resilient · bootstrapping · enterprising · self-starter · capable · self-standing · homesteading
self-governing
Controlling one's own affairs
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- independentFree from external control
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
self-determination · self-administered · decentralized · nonaligned · free · liberated · emancipated · unconstrained · self-directed · self-managed
autarchicdependent
Requiring outside support
interdependent · reliant · open · globalized · export-oriented