autocracy
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
a nation, state, or community ruled by an autocrat.
unlimited authority, power, or influence of one person in any group.
Origin of autocracy
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How to use autocracy in a sentence
The Jewish state has relied on Arab autocracies to subdue the anti-Zionist sentiments of their peoples.
As an absolute monarchy there was comfort in an Arab world of other autocracies.
It suggests that not all conservatives were being grossly hypocritical when they championed an end to Arab autocracies.
History shows few examples of the rejuvenescence of decayed autocracies.
Outspoken Essays | William Ralph IngeThe republics of the past have served mainly as stepping-stones to firmer autocracies or oligarchies.
The Builders | Ellen Glasgow
Autocracies have a natural tendency to combine forces against revolutionary movements.
Bolshevism | John SpargoI have previously called your attention to the social and business powers, monopolies, autocracies, exercised by the leaders.
Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2) | B. H. RobertsTrue, but republics have been inefficient, just as often, and in as great a degree as autocracies have.
Invention | Bradley A. Fiske
British Dictionary definitions for autocracy
/ (ɔːˈtɒkrəsɪ) /
government by an individual with unrestricted authority
the unrestricted authority of such an individual
a country, society, etc, ruled by an autocrat
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Cultural definitions for autocracy
[ (aw-tok-ruh-see) ]
A system of government in which supreme political power is held by one person. (Compare constitutional monarchy, democracy, and oligarchy.)
Notes for autocracy
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