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- Word comparison: autocracy vs. monarchy
autocracy vs. monarchy
noun
plural autocracies.
- government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
- a nation, state, or community ruled by an autocrat.
- unlimited authority, power, or influence of one person in any group.
noun
plural monarchies.
- a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.