autocracy
nounHow to pronounce autocracy:
Definition of autocracy:
- autocracy (noun):
- the authority or rule of an autocrat
- a political system governed by a single individual.
- government by an individual with unrestricted authority
Synonyms for autocracy:
absolutism
autarchy
authoritarianism
caesarism
communism
despotism
dictatorship
fascism
form of government
monarchy
monocracy
one-man rule
political system
shogunate
stalinism
totalism
totalitarianism
tsarism
tyranny
tzarism
Antonyms for autocracy:
democracy
democratic organization
democratic state
democratic system
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- autochthonous
- auscultation
- auctioneer
- attestation
- atrocities
- atavistic
- asymptotic
- asymmetric
- astrophysics
- astronomer
- asthenosphere
- assyrian
- assumedly
- associates
- aspiration
- aryanna
- artificer
- arthropoda
- arterial
- arrondissement
- arrogantly
- armageddon
- aristotle
- argeiphontes
- archeozoic
- arboretum
- aquariums
- aquaculture
- apricity
- apprenticeship
- application
- appliances
- appetizer
- appetiser
- appendices
- apparitions
- apotropaic
- apostolic
- apoptosis
- apiary
- aperitifs
- antimony
- anterior
- anteater
- anoxia
- anosognosia
- anorectic
- annunciation
- annotation
- annihilates
- … more
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