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monocracy
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mo·noc·ra·cy  (m-nkr-s, m-)
n. pl. mo·noc·ra·cies
Government or rule by a single person; autocracy.
mono·crat (mn-krt) n.
mono·cratic adj.
monocracy [mɒˈnɒkrəsɪ]
n pl -cies
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government by one person
monocrat  [ˈmɒnəˌkræt] n
monocratic  adj
monocracy
a system ruled by one person; autocracy.
See also: Government
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Noun1.monocracy - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)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)
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For all their pride in being "citizens" rather than "subjects," Americans hanker for the firm smack of command from a monocratic sovereign.
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Principles such as the necessity of rules, files, monocratic hierarchy, division of labor, continuous organization, salaries, professional staff, and so on, as described by Weber, seem obvious and commonplace to us now, but only because of his pioneering observations when the generic characteristics of emerging bureaucracies were not obvious.
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