autocracy
noun
politics
specialized uk
/ɔːˈtɒk.rə.si/ us
/ɑːˈtɑː.krə.si/ (also autarchy)Meaning of autocracy in English
(Definition of autocracy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
autocracy | American Dictionary
autocratic
adjective us
/ˌɔ·t̬əˈkræt̬·ɪk/
an autocratic regime
Examples of autocracy
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Of course, where there are autocracies, a small group of people who decide what the country shall do, it may be very different.
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Do not forget that the modern technique of minority autocracies is always to preserve the camouflage of popular institutions, while effectively stifling or suppressing the popular will.
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The book presents earlier statistical studies and case studies showing that democracies and oligarchies conduct diplomacy very differently from autocracies.
In contrast, the leaders of autocracies are the survivors of a culture of violence against opponents.
Their discourse was one of ' twilight ' and ' decline ' as far as the autocracy was concerned, not of its liberalization.
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Our results suggest that members of the coalition prefer monarchy or democracy to autocracy.
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The difference in survivability between autocracy and democracy stems from differences in the relative importance of private and public goods.
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I used the formula [(democracy autocracy) 10]/20 to yield [0,1] range of the scores, where 0 denotes lowest and 1 highest democracy score.
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In other words, a group is more likely to challenge when living under an autocracy is about as bad as unsuccessfully revolting alone.
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Participation in temperance activities was for some a radicalizing experience which led them to question the legitimacy of autocracy.
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Nineteenth century autocracies often abolished feudal institutions like serfdom, guilds, privileges for the nobility, and inequality before the law.
The existence of real liberties in many of these autocracies is very questionable.
The cycle of violence must be broken through the reconstitution of order in ways that depart from autocracy.
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In politics, charismatic rule is often found in various authoritarian states, autocracies, dictatorships and theocracies.
We define change towards democracy as positive changes in combined democracy-autocracy scores of 2 or greater.
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otokrosi, mutlakiyet…
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chế độ chuyên quyền…
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