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ICantSpellDawg
08-10-2006, 05:42
what is it called when a country is able to produce all things necessary for its economic health without relying on import?

it is a special word i used in grade school

synonymous with:
economic sovereignty
self-reliance
etc.

one special word - please help
Sasaki Kojiro
08-10-2006, 06:37
self-sufficient?
Papewaio
08-10-2006, 06:48
Isolationism?

Ossification?

No idea here...
Peasant Phill
08-10-2006, 10:22
a myth?
L'Impresario
08-10-2006, 10:45
There's also autarkic...
The condition being autarky.
Beirut
08-10-2006, 11:13
what is it called when a country is able to produce all things necessary for its economic health without relying on import?

it is a special word i used in grade school



Canada. :canada:

Mind you, we still want that honking hot sauce they make down in Trinidad.
ICantSpellDawg
08-10-2006, 12:24
i was thinking that it started with an "I", but it seems that Introdependent is not a real word.
Oaty
08-10-2006, 14:35
communism, but appearantely noone has got it to work
Moros
08-10-2006, 16:44
Canada. :canada:

Mind you, we still want that honking hot sauce they make down in Trinidad.
I bet you're chainsaws have parts wich are labelled made in Taiwain; ~;)
Csargo
08-10-2006, 17:08
i was thinking that it started with an "I", but it seems that Introdependent is not a real word.


We'll make it a word.:2thumbsup:
Silver Rusher
08-10-2006, 17:13
unImportant?

:laugh4:
Dooz
08-10-2006, 17:49
i was thinking that it started with an "I", but it seems that Introdependent is not a real word.

There is interdependent, but that's the opposite of what your looking for. But maybe that was the word in your head?
Kralizec
08-10-2006, 17:51
Autarky, like L'impresario mentioned, is probably what you're thinking of.

Starting with a I, the only word I can think of is Iuche, wich is Korean for "self-reliance" and wich is also the name of the North Korean state doctrine.
Silver Rusher
08-10-2006, 17:57
Autarky, like L'impresario mentioned, is probably what you're thinking of.
I can't believe the English language has actually managed to corrupt a word by replacing the ch with a k.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarchy
L'Impresario
08-10-2006, 18:23
That's what happens when you don't have two standard letters for hard k's and heavily aspirated h's :p
In Greek you can make the distinction, because it's actually autarkia (αυτάρκεια) and autarhia (αυταρχία).
This also reminds me that English lacks accents for intonational purposes, contributing to the confusion.
Silver Rusher
08-10-2006, 18:30
Contributing to the confusion? Imagine how hard it would be for US to learn Vietnamese...

(example (http://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t))
GoreBag
08-10-2006, 19:01
If 'interdependent' is a word, so must be 'intradependent'.
Silver Rusher
08-10-2006, 19:18
Actually, GoreBag, I thought the same a while ago until I was unable to find any dictionary entry on it.
L'Impresario
08-10-2006, 19:31
The term exists, but it's not quite approved, more of a neologism. If there's a specific niché to be filled, the word could gain some ground, probably with some intellectual backing, I gather it'll be a social scientist that's more likely to use it in a specific context (excluding economists; they tend to be rather unimaginative with such things). In the meantime other expressions are used till it becomes vogue amongst generic Sub-saharan environmental policy strategists.
ICantSpellDawg
08-11-2006, 05:12
autarky sounds like exactly the idea of what i was looking for. Introdependent is probably not used because everything depends on workings from within. This dependency says nothing about the autarky of a country.

a watch company may be dependent on its company watch makers. this does not mean it is entirely dependent. Autarky means entirely dependent