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Definition of autocracy noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

autocracy

noun

NAmE//ɔˈtɑkrəsi//

(pl. autocracies) (also autarchy)

1[uncountable] a system of government of a country in which one person has complete power

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2[countable] a country that is ruled by one person who has complete power

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