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Meanings of autocracy in English

Russian
автократ
Portuguese
despotismo
Spanish
autócrata
Catalan
autarquia
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System of government.

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      автократ

      The rule of a despot.

            Usage of autocracy in English
            1
            They simply found new tools and a new path to restoring autocracy.
            News.com.au
            2
            They established the outposts of unionism in the wilderness of Industrial autocracy.
            The Centralia Conspiracy
            3
            Its truth was a blazing affront in the face of age-old autocracy.
            The Desert of Wheat
            4
            The Bolsheviks were not fighting tsarist autocracy: that had already been dismantled.
            Christianity: the first three thousand years
            5
            For the War cannot end till the death-knell of autocracy is sounded.
            The Case for India
            6
            There was autocracy in political life, and it was superseded by democracy.
            Six days of the Irish Republic / A Narrative and Critical Accoun...
            7
            The collision was between autocracy and bureaucracy and French democracy and radicalism.
            The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
            8
            He hated kings, and he also hated the autocracy of the mob.
            How To Write Special Feature Articles / A Handbook for Reporters...
            9
            His principal tutor had been Pobiédonostzeff, a man who believed in autocracy.
            The Story of Russia
            10
            The Russian autocracy as we see it now is a thing apart.
            Notes on Life & Letters
            11
            He embodied the whole power of autocracy because he was its guardian.
            Under Western Eyes
            12
            To all of these the Prussian military autocracy is an implacable foe.
            Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
            13
            For that is the mark of Russian autocracy and of Russian revolt.
            Under Western Eyes
            14
            The strength of autocracy was that it promoted heavyweights such as Ludendorff.
            The Guardian
            15
            Superficially, the fruits of autocracy are efficiency, industrial wealth, and military power.
            The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
            16
            The union, with its all-powerful leaders, was only another form of autocracy.
            A Poor Wise Man
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