autocracy (noun)

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• autocracy — ► NOUN (pl. autocracies) 1) a system of government by one person with absolute power. 2) a state governed in this way. ORIGIN from Greek autos self + kratos power …   English terms dictionary

• autocracy — noun (plural cies) Date: 1655 1. the authority or rule of an autocrat 2. government in which one person possesses unlimited power 3. a community or state governed by autocracy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• autocracy — 1650s, independent power, self sustained power, from Fr. autocratie, from Gk. autokrateia ruling by oneself, noun of state from autokrates (see AUTOCRAT (Cf. autocrat)). Meaning absolute government, supreme political power is recorded from 1855 …   Etymology dictionary

• autocracy — noun A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual. See Also: autocrat, autocratic, autocratically …   Wiktionary

• autocracy — noun 1 (U) a system of government in which one person or group has unlimited power 2 (C) a country governed in this way …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• autocracy — UK [ɔːˈtɒkrəsɪ] / US [ɔˈtɑkrəsɪ] noun Word forms autocracy : singular autocracy plural autocracies 1) [uncountable] a form of government or management in which one person has complete power 2) [countable] a country or organization that is… …   English dictionary

• autocracy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. absolute monarchy, dictatorship, totalitarian government, despotism, czarism, absolutism, tyranny, totalitarianism, autarchy, one man rule; see also fascism , government 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. dictatorship,… …   English dictionary for students

• autocracy — au|toc|ra|cy [ ɔ takrəsi ] noun 1. ) uncount a form of government or management in which one person has complete power 2. ) count a country or organization that is completely controlled by one person …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• autocracy — [ɔ: tɒkrəsi] noun (plural autocracies) a system of government by one person with absolute power. ↘a country, state, or society governed in this way. Origin C17: from Gk autokrateia, from autokratēs, from autos self + kratos power …   English new terms dictionary

• autocracy — /ɔˈtɒkrəsi / (say aw tokruhsee) noun (plural autocracies) 1. uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others, invested in a single person; the government or power of an absolute monarch. 2. independent or self derived power. {Greek autokrasia} …  

• Caesarism — noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) • Syn: ↑dictatorship, ↑absolutism, ↑authoritarianism, ↑despotism, ↑monocracy, ↑one man rule, ↑shogunate, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary