Antonyms for autocracy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : aw-tok-ruh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈtɒk rə si |
Definition of autocracy
Origin :- 1650s, "independent power, self-sustained power," from French autocratie, from Greek autokrateia "ruling by oneself," noun of state from autokrates (see autocrat). Meaning "absolute government, supreme political power" is recorded from 1855.
- noun government by one
- For that is the mark of Russian autocracy and of Russian revolt.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- He embodied the whole power of autocracy because he was its guardian.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- And that is autocracy; and autocracy is what you say you oppose!
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- Do you suppose Labour will endure the autocracy of the Bolsheviki?
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- Why destroy the autocracy of the capitalist and erect on its ruins the autocracy of the worker?
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- For the autocracy of Holy Russia the only conceivable self-reform is—suicide.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- But under the shadow of Russian autocracy nothing could grow.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- In an autocracy the autocracy of the ruler is based on forcing people's attention.
- Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- The cancer of autocracy is eating into the vitals of Austria.
- Extract from : « The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon » by Newell Dwight Hillis
- This might well be thought the topmost point of autocracy; and yet it was not really so.
- Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
Synonyms for autocracy
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