Autocracy (noun)
aw-to-kra-see
A government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
First recorded in 1645–55; from Greek autokráteia “power over oneself, sole power,” from autokrat(ḗs)
Example sentences
“Some are suggesting that the US is turning into something of an autocracy.”
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