autocracy
/ɔˈtɑkrəsi/
noun
- A system of government in which one person has total power and authority, with no limits from laws or elections.
- In an autocracy, the ruler's decisions cannot be challenged by the people or the courts.
- The country became an autocracy after the general seized power and dissolved parliament.
- Many citizens fled the autocracy because they had no freedom to speak or vote.
- A country or state that is ruled by a single person with unlimited power.
- North Korea is often described as a modern autocracy.
- The small island nation transformed from a democracy into an autocracy over just a few years.
- The history book compared the ancient Roman Empire to a vast autocracy.
- A situation in which one person or group has total control over something, not just government.
- The CEO ran the company like an autocracy, making every decision alone.
- Some families operate as an autocracy, with one parent making all the rules.
- The school's strict principal created an autocracy where teachers had no say.
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