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autocracy definition

au·toc·racy (ô tä′krə sē)

noun

  1. government in which one person has absolute power; dictatorship; despotism
  2. pl. autocracies -·cies a country with this kind of government
  3. unlimited power or authority of one person over others

Etymology: Gr autokrateia, absolute power: see auto- & -cracy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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