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Definition: Autocracy |
AutocracyNoun1. A political system governed by a single individual. 2. A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "autocracy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
Etymology: Autocracy \Au*toc"ra*cy\, noun; plural Autocracies. [from Greek expression: compare to the French expression autocratie. See Autocrat.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AutocracySynonym: autarchy (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: democracy (n). (additional references) |
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See also: Oligarchy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Autocracy."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy; duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy; duumvirate; triumvirate; autocracy, autonomy; limited monarchy; constitutional government, constitutional monarchy; home rule; representative government; monocracy, pantisocracy. |
Severity | Arbitrary power; absolutism, despotism; dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, domineering, oppression; assumption, usurpation; inquisition, reign of terror, martial law; iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway; tight grasp; brute force, brute strength; coercion; strong hand, tight hand. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Autocracy |
| English words defined with "autocracy": Autocracies, autocratic, autocratical ♦ diarchy, dyarchy ♦ monarchy. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We're living in a dictatorship, a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes- (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) | |
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 | Save your child from autocracy and poverty. Buy war savings stamps. United States Treasury Department / Herbert Paus. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Strike two! Help strike out military autocracy! Every Liberty Bond you buy helps win the war. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Nepal | The Rana regime, a tightly centralized autocracy, pursued a policy of isolating Nepal from external influences. (references) |
Political Rights | Oman | The Government is an autocracy in which the Sultan retains ultimate authority on all important foreign and domestic issues. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | I would rejoice to acclaim the era of the Golden Rule and crown it with the autocracy of service. |
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| "Autocracy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Autocracy" is used about 101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 101 | 32,488 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
autocracy | 17 |
autocracy in iraq | 3 |
autocracy democracy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "autocracy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | alleenheerskapy (absolute power, absolute rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | autokraci (monocracy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حكم الفرد المطلق, جماعة أو دولة خاضعة لحكم فرد واحد, الأوتوقراطية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | самодържавие (absolutism), еднолична власт, автокрация. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "制主义 (Absolutism, Autocracies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | autokracie, samovláda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | autocratie (absolute power, absolute rule), alleenheerschappý (absolute power, absolute rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aŭtokratismo, aŭtokratio (absolute power, absolute rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حکومت مستقل , حکومت مطلق . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yksinvalta (monarchy), itsevaltius (absolutism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | autocratie (autarchy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | autokratie (absolute power, absolute rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απολυταρχία (absolutism, autarchy, authoritarian, despotism), δεσποτισμόσ (despotism, imperiousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שלטון יחי" (monarchy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | önkényuralom (absolutism, despotism, tyranny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kekuasaan mutlak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | autocrazia (autarchy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 専制"治 (despotic government), 専制 (despotism), エンボス 工 (auction, audience, audience survey, audio, audiometer, audio-visual, audition, auditorium, Austin, Australia, Australopithecus, Austria, authentic, authority, authorization, authorize, auto, auto door, auto focus, auto parlor, auto player, auto show, autobacks, autobiography, autocamping, auto-changer, autocross, automatic, automatic clutch, automatic control, automatic stop, automatic transmission, automatic tuning deck, auto-nurse, autopilot, auxin, custom-made, eau de Cologne, embossment, enlargement, enrich, haute couture, made-to-order, motorcycle race, motorcycle), OA, oak, oaks, oats, ocean, ocean race, oceanaut, Odin, office automation, office lady, ogre, OK, OL, old girl, orc, orchard, orchestra, orchestra box, order, order entry system, order made, ordinary, organdy, organization, organize, organizer, orgasm, orgy, orgy party, orthodox, ostrich). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"せいせいじ (despotic government), せ"せい (abjuration, ancient sage, Confucius, despotism, doctor, headstart, master, oath, preempt, teacher), オートクラシー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slane-reiltys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | outokrasia (absolute power, absolute rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | autocracyay autocracia (absolute power, absolute rule). (various references) autocraţie. (various references) самодержавие. (various references) autokratija (monocracy). (various references) autocracia. (various references) autokrati, envälde (absolutism, autarchy, dictatorship). (various references) อัตตาธิปไตย (autarchy). (various references) saltçılık (absolutism), otokrasi. (various references) самодержавство (autarchy), автократія (autarchy). (various references) chế độ chuyên quyền nước dưới chế độ chuyên quyền. (various references) awtocratiaeth, unbennaeth (despotism, sovereignty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Autocracy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antocracy, autocar, autpcracy, itocracy, partyocracy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "autocracy" (pronounced ôtÄ"krusē) |
| 7 | -t Ä" k r u s ē | aristocracy. |
| 6 | -Ä" k r u s ē | bureaucracy, democracy, hypocrisy, theocracy. |
| 5 | -k r u s ē | meritocracy, secrecy. |
| 4 | -r u s ē | conspiracy, heresy, leprosy, piracy, pleurisy. |
| 3 | -u s ē | accuracy, adequacy, advocacy, Argosy, candidacy, celibacy, confederacy, courtesy, degeneracy, delicacy, diplomacy, ecstasy, embassy, fallacy, fantasy, Geodesy, idiocy, illegitimacy, illiteracy, immediacy, inaccuracy, inadequacy, intimacy, intricacy, jealousy, legacy, legitimacy, literacy, lunacy, obstinacy, Odyssey, papacy, pharmacy, policy, primacy, privacy, prophecy, supremacy, surrogacy. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-o-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: actuary, curacao, curacoa. | |
-3 letters: curacy, outcry, turaco. | |
-4 letters: actor, aorta, cacao, carat, coact, court, occur, taroc, yucca, yurta. | |
-5 letters: acta, arco, arty, aura, auto, caca, cart, coat, coca, cory, croc, curt, orca, racy, rato, raya, rota, rout, ryot, taco, taro, tora, torc, tory, tour, tray, troy, tyro, your, yuca, yurt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-o-r-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: accusatory. | |
+4 letters: contractually. | |
+5 letters: autocratically, cyanobacterium. | |
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