autocracynoun
uk/ɔːˈtɒk.rə.si/us/ɑːˈtɑː.krə.si/also autarchy specialized[ U ] government by a single person or small group that has unlimited power or authority, or the power or authority of such a person or group
[ C ] a country or society that has this form of government
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Systems of government
- a reign of terror idiom
- absolutism
- ancien régime
- anti-federalist
- apartheid
- democracy
- democrat
- democratic
- democratize
- despot
- interregnum
- Jim Crow
- junta
- kleptocracy
- majority rule
- plutocracy
- plutocrat
- police state
- regime
- reign
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