English > autocracy: 2 senses > noun 1, group| Meaning | A political system governed by a single individual. |
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| Synonym | autarchy |
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| Narrower | dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
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| monarchy | An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority |
| Broader | political system, form of government | The members of a social organization who are in power |
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| Spanish | autarquía, autocracia, despotismo |
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| Catalan | autarquia, autocràcia |
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| Adjectives | autarchic, autarchical, autarkical | of or relating to or characterized by autarchy |
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