Advanced 📚 Vocabulary · #878 of 1319

autocracy (n.)

rule by one person

Examples

  • A harsh autocracy.

Key rules

  • An autocracy is a system where one person has total power
  • A harsh autocracy, rule by autocracy
  • Autocracy is countable and uncountable
💡 Tip: Politics // History // Government types
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