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monocracy

American  
[moh-nok-ruh-see, muh-] / moʊˈnɒk rə si, mə- /

noun

plural

monocracies

  1. government by only one person; autocracy.

monocracy British  
/ ˈmɒnəˌkræt, mɒˈnɒkrəsɪ /

noun

  1. government by one person

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Other Word Forms

  • monocrat noun
  • monocratic adjective

Etymology

Origin of monocracy

1645–55; mono- + -cracy; modeled on aristocracy, democracy

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Their purblind spite was powerless to avert the inevitable advent of monocracy.

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The spirit of the present age in Russia is strictly orthodox; and the monocracy of the Greek Church is the great object for which clergy and laity exert themselves; especially in the Baltic provinces.

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