Monocracy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of autocracy. countable, rare, uncountable

    "The question here arises: Shall it be transferred to one or to many; or shall the state, in regard to the persons who constitute its government, be a monocracy or an aristocracy?"

  2. 2
    a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) wordnet

Synonyms

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absolutismauthoritarianismautocracycaesarismdespotismdictatorship

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"The question here arises: Shall it be transferred to one or to many; or shall the state, in regard to the persons who constitute its government, be a monocracy or an aristocracy?"

Etymology

From mono- + -cracy.

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