autocracy

Definitions

auto- (self) + -cracy (rule) = "self-rule" in the sense of one person ruling alone, answerable to no one. Where democracy spreads power across the people, autocracy concentrates it entirely in a single self-authorizing ruler.

Common Collocations

• 1.absolute autocracy绝对专制
• 2.slide into autocracy滑向独裁
• 3.military autocracy军事独裁

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The country slid from a fragile democracy into autocracy.

• 2.

  Under autocracy, no court could question the ruler's orders.