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Monocracy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Government or rule by a single person; autocracy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. autocracy

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Government by a single person; undivided rule.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Government or rule by a single person; autocracy.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Word Usage

"Professor Themba Sono, a political science lecturer and member of a tiny splinter party, feared for South Africa under the ANC, which he said was working towards a "monocracy", or one-party state."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

autocracy autarchy

Hyponym

police state

Form

monocratically monocrat monocratic