autocracia

Definitions of autocracia
  1. noun
    a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
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    type of:
    ideología, orientación política
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
  2. noun
    a political system governed by a single individual
    synonyms: autarquía
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    types:
    monarquía
    an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
    absolutismo, autoritarismo, despotismo, dictadura, tiranía, totalitarismo
    a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
    reino
    a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
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