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Definition of Autocracy

1. Noun. A political system governed by a single individual.

2. Noun. A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual.

Definition of Autocracy

1. n. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.

Definition of Autocracy

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Medical Definition of Autocracy

1. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Autocratie. See Autocrat. 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. "The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy." (South) 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. 4. The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autocracy

autochthons autochthony autocide autoclasia autoclave autoclave autoclaved autoclaves autoclaving autocoid

autocoid autocoids autocorrelation autocracies autocracy (current term) autocracy (current term) autocrat autocratic autocratical autocratically

autocratrix autocrats autocrine autocrine autocrine communication autocrine hypothesis autocrine motility factor autocross autocrosses autocue

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