Definition of autocracy
autocracies
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
Examples of autocracy in a sentence
<the Magna Carta is historically important because it signified the British rejection of autocracy and constituted the first formal restraining of the power of the monarch>
Origin and Etymology of autocracy
see autocrat
First Known Use: 1659
Other Government and Politics Terms
AUTOCRACY Defined for English Language Learners
autocracy
playDefinition of autocracy for English Language Learners
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: a form of government in which a country is ruled by a person or group with total power
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: a country that is ruled by a person or group with total power
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