Autocracy

A system of government in which one person has absolute power



Word Structure

aw-TAH-kruh-see

Sentence Examples

The revolution ended the autocracy.

Give us democracy not autocracy!

A dictatorship is an autocracy.

Semantic Relatives

dictatorship

government

monarchy

Morphological Relatives 1

autocrat

autocratic

Morphological Relatives 2

autonomous



Textbook

Explore World History Chapter 10 by Attainment

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