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monocratic

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mo⋅noc⋅ra⋅cy

  [moh-nok-ruh-see, muh-]
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–noun, plural -cies.
government by only one person; autocracy.
Origin:
1645–55; mono- + -cracy; modeled on aristocracy, democracy

Related forms:
mon⋅o⋅crat⋅ic  [mon-uh-krat-ik] , adjective
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mo·noc·ra·cy   (mŏ-nŏk'rə-sē, mə-)   
n.   pl. mo·noc·ra·cies
Government or rule by a single person; autocracy.
mon'o·crat' (mŏn'ə-krāt') n., mon'o·crat'ic adj.
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