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US
/ɔˈtɑkɹəsi/
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[ UK /ɔːtˈɒkɹəsˌi/ ]
[ UK /ɔːtˈɒkɹəsˌi/ ]
NOUN
- a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
- a political system governed by a single individual
How To Use autocracy In A Sentence
- Many poor countries are abandoning autocracy.
- We in the Western nations long ago recognized autocracy in the public sector as poison, no matter how well-meaning the autocrat might be.
- Yet, the great crusader was seemingly oblivious to the fact that he was speaking from a country, an emirate, which is ruled by a royal family which has no use or desire for democratic reforms which would allow its subjects to directly challenge the autocracy's ultimate authority to enact those reforms. Bush's Perversion of Democracy in the Middle East
- Hence Russian autocracy is forced into repeated wars for the possession of Constantinople which, in the present condition of the The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Prophet Muhammad prophesized that a period of khilafat would follow his demise, then monarchy, autocracy would follow, and, after a hiatus, khilafat would be re-established upon the precepts of prophethood. Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate'
- The system of one-party autocracy is so entrenched that the officials can be as corrupt as they want and in turn it creates a top down pyramid of corruption in China. Global Voices in English » China: Prostitutes more trustworthy than government officials
- He recognised in German autocracy and in German militarism and in German ambition a menace to the liberties of Europe. The Major
- The proper name for its workers is ‘associates,’ a term that connotes higher status and collegiality and that actually means lower pay and workplace autocracy.
- What they all had in common was that they weren't particularly democratic, being variations either on autocracy or on bureaucratic totalitarianism.
- The theory of autocracy is that power originated at the top; a mythical being known as "Gott" delegated to some favorite, who may be a wise man or a fool-it is about fifty-fifty in history-delegated to this favorite autocratic power, and this gentlemen spreads his power out upon a chosen few, and he and his associates rest squarely upon the masses of men, exploiting the mass of men for and in the interest of the few. Democracy or Bolshevism