Synonyms for autocracy
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
Related words
- Word family
- autocrat autocratic autocratically
Forms
- Plural
- autocracies → despotisms, dictatorships, tyrannies, absolutisms…
Example sentences
- dictatorship Algeria is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship.
- tyranny People in the country were living under a tyranny.
- despotism Property is the right to use & abuse; it engenders despotism.
- autonomy People would have more autonomy if they had a job.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| autocracy | falling | |
| dictatorship | falling | |
| tyranny | steady | |
| despotism | steady | |
| absolutism | steady | |
| autonomy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- tyranny3, autarky
- 8 letters
- autonomy4
- 9 letters
- despotism4, monocracy, bigmanism
- 10 letters
- absolutism5
- 12 letters
- dictatorship4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tyranny3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- autocratie
- Italiano
- autocrazia
- Español
- autocracia
- Deutsch
- Selbstherrlichkeit