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Synonyms for autocracy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : aw-tok-ruh-see
Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈtɒk rə si



Définition of autocracy

Origin :
  • 1650s, "independent power, self-sustained power," from French autocratie, from Greek autokrateia "ruling by oneself," noun of state from autokrates (see autocrat). Meaning "absolute government, supreme political power" is recorded from 1855.
  • noun government by one
Example sentences :
  • For that is the mark of Russian autocracy and of Russian revolt.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • He embodied the whole power of autocracy because he was its guardian.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • And that is autocracy; and autocracy is what you say you oppose!
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Do you suppose Labour will endure the autocracy of the Bolsheviki?
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Why destroy the autocracy of the capitalist and erect on its ruins the autocracy of the worker?
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • For the autocracy of Holy Russia the only conceivable self-reform is—suicide.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • But under the shadow of Russian autocracy nothing could grow.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • In an autocracy the autocracy of the ruler is based on forcing people's attention.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • The cancer of autocracy is eating into the vitals of Austria.
  • Extract from : « The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon » by Newell Dwight Hillis
  • This might well be thought the topmost point of autocracy; and yet it was not really so.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton

Antonyms for autocracy

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