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autocracy

🇬🇧 UK/ɒ:'tɒkrәsi/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A system of government in which one person holds unlimited power.

独裁统治;专制政治

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
autoself
+
cracpower, rule, government
+
ycharacterized by
=autocracy

Common Collocations

  • 1.absolute autocracy绝对专制

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Ancient Egypt operated under an autocracy with the pharaoh holding absolute power.

  • 2.

    The country transitioned from autocracy to democratic governance.

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