English noun: autocracy |
1. | autocracy (group) a political system governed by a single individual |
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| Synonyms | autarchy |
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| Broader (hypernym) | form of government, political system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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2. | autocracy (cognition) a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ideology, political orientation, political theory |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Machiavellianism |
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