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MONARCHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("monarchy" is a kind of...):
autarchy; autocracy (a political system governed by a single individual)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monarchy"):
parliamentary monarchy (a monarchy having a parliament)
kingdom (a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state)
empire (a monarchy with an emperor as head of state)
Derivation:
monarchal; monarchic; monarchical (ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch)
