monocracy (redirected from monocracies)

mo·noc·ra·cy  (m-nkr-s, m-)

n. pl. mo·noc·ra·cies

Government or rule by a single person; autocracy.

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mono·crat (mn-krt) n.

mono·cratic adj.

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monocracy

a system ruled by one person; autocracy.

See also: Government

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Noun

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monocracy - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) dictatorship, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, absolutism autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual police state - a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)