noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of autocracy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autocracy
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
monocracy
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noun
Meaning 2
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: autocracy, autarchy
Narrower terms: police state
History
Etymology
From mono- + -cracy.