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Autocracy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Autocracy
(n.)
The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.
(n.)
Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
(n.)
Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
(n.)
Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.
(n.)
The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.
(n.)
Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
(n.)
Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
(n.)
Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.
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autocracy
Noun
1. a political system governed by a single individual
(synonym) autarchy
(antonym) democracy, republic, commonwealth
(hypernym) political system, form of government
(hyponym) monarchy
2. a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
(hypernym) political orientation, ideology, political theory
(hyponym) Machiavellianism
Noun
1. a political system governed by a single individual
(synonym) autarchy
(antonym) democracy, republic, commonwealth
(hypernym) political system, form of government
(hyponym) monarchy
2. a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
(hypernym) political orientation, ideology, political theory
(hyponym) Machiavellianism
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autocracy
autocracy
\au*toc"ra*cy\ (&?;), n.; pl. autocracies. [gr. &?;: cf. f. autocratie. see autocrat.]
1. independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. the divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy.
2. supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
3. political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
4. (med.) the action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [in this sense, written also autocrasy.]
autocracy
n
1. a political system governed by a single individual [syn: autarchy]
[ant: democracy]
2. a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
autocracy
\au*toc"ra*cy\ (&?;), n.; pl. autocracies. [gr. &?;: cf. f. autocratie. see autocrat.]
1. independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. the divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy.
2. supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
3. political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
4. (med.) the action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [in this sense, written also autocrasy.]
autocracy
n
1. a political system governed by a single individual [syn: autarchy]
[ant: democracy]
2. a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
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autocracy
Absolute government.
Absolute government.
| A Glossary of Political Economy Terms |
Autocracy
A system of government in which supreme political power to direct all the activities of the state is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints or nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of coup d'etat or mass insurrection).
[See also: dictatorship , totalitarianism , fascism ]
A system of government in which supreme political power to direct all the activities of the state is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints or nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of coup d'etat or mass insurrection).
[See also: dictatorship , totalitarianism , fascism ]
Autocracy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Autocracy
An autocracy is a form of government in which the political power is held by a single self appointed ruler, usually a dictator. The term autocrat is derived from the Greek word autokratôr (lit. "self-ruler", or to: "rule by one's self"). Compare with oligarchy (literally means rule by the few) and democracy (rule by the people).
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