autocracy
nounUK /ɔːˈtɒkrəsi/
US /ɔːˈtɑːkrəsi/
A way of ruling where one person has all the power and makes all the rules.
The small country was ruled by an autocracy for many years.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A government or country controlled by one person with unlimited power.
The autocracy refused to allow free elections.
3. The uncontrolled power or influence of a single person or group over others.
Critics warned that the company had become an autocracy run by its founder.
4. A political system in which the ruler is not limited by law or by the people.
Under the autocracy, judges had to follow the leader's wishes.