autocracy

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• /ɔːˈtɒkɹəsi/
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From auto- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía, “A system of government by one person with absolute power.”), from αὐτός (autós, “single, self, same, alone”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract nouns suffix”); see also Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “one who governs alone”).

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: outokrasie — form of government
• Albanian: autokraci — form of government
• Arabic: أُوتُوقْرَاطِيَّة (ʔutuqrāṭiyya) — form of government
• Arabic: اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād) — form of government
• Armenian: ինքնիշխանություն (inkʻnišxanutʻyun) — form of government
• Asturian: autocracia — form of government
• Azerbaijani: avtokratiya — form of government
• Basque: autokrazia — form of government
• Belarusian: аўтакра́тыя (awtakrátyja) — form of government
• Belarusian: самадзяржа́ўе (samadzjaržáwje) — form of government
• Belarusian: самаўла́дства (samawládstva) — form of government
• Belarusian: самаўла́дзтва (samawládztva) — form of government
• Bengali: স্বৈরতন্ত্র (śōirotontro) — form of government
• Bulgarian: автокра́ция (avtokrácija) — form of government
• Bulgarian: самодържа́вие (samodǎržávie) — form of government
• Bulgarian: самовла́стие (samovlástie) — form of government
• Burmese: အော်တိုကရေစီ (autuika.reci) — form of government
• Catalan: autocràcia — form of government
• Chinese Mandarin: 專制 /专制 (zhuānzhì) — form of government
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨裁 /独裁 (dúcái) — form of government
• Czech: autokracie — form of government
• Czech: samovláda — form of government
• Danish: autokrati — form of government
• Dutch: autocratie — form of government
• Dutch: alleenheerschappij — form of government
• Esperanto: aŭtokratio — form of government
• Esperanto: solrego — form of government
• Esperanto: absolutismo — form of government
• Estonian: autokraatia — form of government
• Faroese: einaveldi — form of government
• Faroese: einaræði — form of government
• Finnish: yksinvalta — form of government
• Finnish: autokratia — form of government
• Finnish: yksinvaltius — form of government
• French: autocratie — form of government
• Galician: autocracia — form of government
• Georgian: ავტოკრატია (avṭoḳraṭia) — form of government
• Georgian: თვითმპყრობელობა (tvitmṗq̇robeloba) — form of government
• German: Autokratie — form of government
• German: Alleinherrschaft — form of government
• Greek: αυταρχία (aftarchía) — form of government
• Hebrew: אוֹטוֹקְרַטְיָה (otokrátya) — form of government
• Hindi: एकतंत्र (ektantra) — form of government
• Hindi: निरंकुशता (niraṅkuśtā) — form of government
• Hungarian: autokrácia — form of government
• Hungarian: egyeduralom — form of government
• Hungarian: önkényuralom — form of government
• Icelandic: einræði — form of government
• Icelandic: einræðisríki — form of government
• Indonesian: autokrasi — form of government
• Indonesian: otokrasi — form of government
• Irish: uathlathas — form of government
• Italian: autocrazia — form of government
• Japanese: 専制 (sensei) — form of government
• Japanese: 独裁政治 (dokusai seiji) — form of government
• Japanese: 専制政治 (sensei seiji) — form of government
• Japanese: 独裁 (dokusai) — form of government
• Kashmiri: شَخصی حۆکوٗمَتھ (śakhsī hokūmath) — form of government
• Kazakh: автократия (avtokratiä) — form of government
• Khmer: អត្តាធិបតេយ្យ (ʼattaathipaʼtay) — form of government
• Korean: 전제 정치 (jeonje jeongchi) — form of government
• Korean: 전제 (jeonje) — form of government
• Northern Kurdish: otokrasî — form of government
• Kyrgyz: автократия (avtokratiya) — form of government
• Kyrgyz: жекебийлик (jekebiylik) — form of government
• Kyrgyz: өзүмбийлик (özümbiylik) — form of government
• Kyrgyz: самодержавие (samoderjaviye) — form of government
• Lao: ເອກກະທິປະໄຕ (ʼēk ka thi pa tai) — form of government
• Latvian: autokrātija — form of government
• Lithuanian: autokratija — form of government
• Macedonian: автократија (avtokratija) — form of government
• Macedonian: самовластие (samovlastie) — form of government
• Malay: autokrasi — form of government
• Maltese: awtokrazija — form of government
• Norwegian Bokmål: autokrati — form of government
• Pashto: آټوکراسي (oṭokrāsi) — form of government
• Pashto: استبداد (istibdād) — form of government
• Iranian Persian: یِکِهسالاری (yeke-sâlâri) — form of government
• Iranian Persian: خودْسالاری (xodsâlâri) — form of government
• Iranian Persian: اُتوکْراسی (otokrâsi) — form of government
• Iranian Persian: اِسْتِبْداد (estebdâd) — form of government
• Iranian Persian: خودکامگی — form of government
• Polish: autarchia — form of government
• Polish: autokratyzm — form of government
• Polish: jednowładztwo — form of government
• Polish: jedynowładztwo — form of government
• Polish: samowładztwo — form of government
• Polish: autokracja — form of government
• Portuguese: autocracia — form of government
• Romanian: autocrație — form of government
• Russian: автокра́тия (avtokrátija) — form of government
• Russian: самодержа́вие (samoderžávije) — form of government
• Russian: самовла́стие (samovlástije) — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: самодр̀жа̄вље — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: са̏мовла̄ст — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: аутокра̀ција — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: аутокра̀тија — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: самовлашће — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: samodr̀žāvlje — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁmovlāst — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: autokràcija — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: autokràtija — form of government
• Serbo-Croatian: samovlašće — form of government
• Sicilian: autucrazzìa — form of government
• Slovak: autokracia — form of government
• Slovak: samovláda — form of government
• Slovene: avtokracija — form of government
• Slovene: samovlada — form of government
• Slovene: samodrštvo — form of government
• Spanish: autocracia — form of government
• Swedish: autokrati — form of government
• Swedish: envälde — form of government
• Tagalog: awtokrasya — form of government
• Tajik: автократия (avtokratiya) — form of government
• Tajik: истибдод (istibdod) — form of government
• Thai: อัตตาธิปไตย (àt-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — form of government
• Thai: เอกาธิปไตย (ee-gaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — form of government
• Turkish: otokrasi — form of government
• Turkish: saltçılık — form of government
• Ottoman Turkish: ظلم (zulm, zulüm) — form of government
• Turkmen: awtokratiýa — form of government
• Ukrainian: автокра́тія (avtokrátija) — form of government
• Ukrainian: самодержа́вство (samoderžávstvo) — form of government
• Ukrainian: самовла́ддя (samovláddja) — form of government
• Ukrainian: самовла́дство (samovládstvo) — form of government
• Urdu: شَخْصی حُکُومَت (śaxsī hukūmat) — form of government
• Urdu: اِسْتِبْداد (istibdād) — form of government
• Urdu: مُطْلَقُ ٱلْعَنانی (mutlaqu l-'anānī) — form of government
• Uzbek: avtokratiya — form of government
• Uzbek: samoderjaviye — form of government
• Uzbek: istibdod — form of government
• Vietnamese: chế độ chuyên quyền — form of government
• Yiddish: סאַמאָדערזשאַוויע (samoderzhavye) — form of government
• Yiddish: אויטאָקראַטיע (oytokratye) — form of government
• Yiddish: זעלבסטהערשאַפֿט (zelbsthershaft) — form of government