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monocracy

[ moh-nok-ruh-see, muh- ]

noun

, plural mo·noc·ra·cies.
  1. government by only one person; autocracy.


monocracy

/ ˈmɒnəˌkræt; mɒˈnɒkrəsɪ /

noun

  1. government by one person


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Derived Forms

  • monocrat, noun
  • ˌmonoˈcratic, adjective

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Other Words From

  • mon·o·crat·ic [mon-, uh, -, krat, -ik], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monocracy1

1645–55; mono- + -cracy; modeled on aristocracy, democracy

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Example Sentences

Their purblind spite was powerless to avert the inevitable advent of monocracy.

He continued to gloat over his successes and mercilessly to abuse all Federalists, those confessed partisans of "monocracy."

Monocracy, mon-ok′ra-si, n. rule or government by a single person.

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