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Autocracy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Autocracy : (noun)
1: a political system governed by a single individual [syn: autarchy]
[ant: democracy]
2: a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single
individual
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Autocracy : \Au*toc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. Autocracies. [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. --Barlow.
4. (Med.) 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.] --Dunglison.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Autocracy |
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VinBoombats: "Liberals are a useless lot." Fuckin A, dont expect anything different from the "left" in our corporate Autocracy http://bit.ly/5TFtj2 |
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BUDatOU: RT @glhaldeman: Friedman: what's worse than one-party Autocracy? One-party democracy. |
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glhaldeman: Friedman: what's worse than one-party Autocracy? One-party democracy. |
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