autocracy
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1. a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | machiavellianism, |
| definition | : | the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government (noun.cognition) |
2. a political system governed by a single individual (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | monarchy, |
| definition | : | an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | absolutism, authoritarianism, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, |
| definition | : | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun.group) |
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