⚖️autocracy

noun
/ɔːˈtɒkrəsi/

Meaning

A system of government in which one person has absolute power.

Example Sentences

The country suffered under decades of autocracy.

Synonyms

dictatorship, tyranny, absolutism, despotism

Antonyms

democracy, republic

Collocations

absolute autocracy, under autocracy, fall of autocracy

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