单词 | autocracy |
释义 | autocracy (once / 5475 pages) n An autocracy is a government controlled by one person with absolute power. As unlimited power doesn't usually bring out the best in people, autocracies are often brutal regimes. The word autocracy comes from the Greek roots auto ("self") and kratos ("power"). If your boss dictates your every move and leaves you no say at all in how you do your work, then you're not in a democratic workplace, you're in an autocracy. WORD FAMILYautocracy: autocracies+/autocrat: autocracy, autocratic, autocrats/autocratic: autocratically USAGE EXAMPLESA full-on resistance to an accelerated crisis of autocracy and xenophobia is necessary. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Concern is rising among China’s elite that the nation is shifting toward a rigid form of autocracy ill-suited to managing a complex economy. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) Few people cared about the tax issue; this was a protest against autocracy. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) 1n a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual Hypo|Hyper Machiavellianism the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government ideology, political orientation, political theory an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation 2n a political system governed by a single individual Syn|Hypo|Hyper autarchy monarchy an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyrannya form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) parliamentary monarchya monarchy having a parliament kingdoma monarchy with a king or queen as head of state empirea monarchy with an emperor as head of state police statea country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) form of government, political system the members of a social organization who are in power |
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