Autocracynoun
(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
Authoritarianismnoun
A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system.
Autocracynoun
(countable) An instance of this government.
Authoritarianismnoun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Autocracynoun
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.’;
Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of a strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting. Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government.
Autocracynoun
Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
Autocracynoun
Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
Autocracynoun
The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.
Autocracynoun
a political system governed by a single individual
Autocracynoun
a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
Autocracy
Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power over a state is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of coup d'état or other forms of rebellion).In earlier times, the term autocrat was coined as a favorable description of a ruler, having some connection to the concept of as well as an indication of grandeur and power. This use of the term continued into modern times, as the Russian Emperor was styled as late as the early 20th century.
‘lack of conflicts of interests’; ‘Autocrat of all the Russias’;
