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AUTOCRACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("autocracy" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autocracy"):
Machiavellianism (the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A political system governed by a single individual
Synonyms:
autarchy; autocracy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("autocracy" is a kind of...):
form of government; political system (the members of a social organization who are in power)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autocracy"):
monarchy (an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority)
absolutism; authoritarianism; Caesarism; despotism; dictatorship; 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.))
