autocratismn.
/ɔːˈtɒkrətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ɔˈtɑkrəˌtɪz(ə)m/, /ɑˈtɑkrəˌtɪz(ə)m/ The practice or principle of autocracy; an instance of this.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > tyranny, despotism, or autocracy
tyrannyc1374
tyrandisea1387
tyrannity1535
absoluteness1574
tyrannism1591
Nimrodizing1605
will government1644
autocracy1659
autarchy1665
Neronism1670
despotism1728
sultanism1821
absolutism1824
autocratism1833
despotocracya1860
tyrannis1878
tyrantship1885
1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines xii. 281 A sort of northern Tzar, named Kya,..filled a lake with it [sc. rice wine] in one of his freaks of autocratism, and made three thousand of his subjects jump into it.
1848 Fraser's Mag. 37 96 To liberal sentiments he united the instincts of autocratism.
1889 ‘S. Tytler’ French Janet xviii. 169 The elements of hard, narrow, self-reliant autocratism in her otherwise fine character were disturbed and unsettled.
1952 V. Gollancz My Dear Timothy 316 How difficult it is to overcome an autocratism native to one's temperament.
1992 R. Manning Swamp Root Chron. xv. 266 Even if it was flawed by ineptitude or inhibited by ancient Asian autocratism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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