autarchy
- noun
- /ɔːˈtɑːrki/
- Formal
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autarquía
- Under an autarchy, the laws are dictated by a single person, limiting any form of dissent.
Examples
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In an autarchy, the leader makes all the decisions without any input from the citizens.
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That sounds like a plan to me: transition to a bunch of independent autarchies.
Blog text (31) -
The country was ruled with an autarchy, where the dictator held absolute control over every aspect of life.
Synonyms
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6.7
One person or a small group rules a country cruelly
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8.7
A system where one person or small group has almost all political power
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9.6
A government where one person or group has all power and rules cruelly
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7.4
A government where one leader or a small group holds power and limits people's freedoms
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8.2
A government in which one person has all power
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8.1
A system where one ruler has complete power
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7.6
A country ruled by leaders who tightly control people's lives and freedoms
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8.2
A government where one person has all power and others cannot oppose them
A government where one person has all power over the country and no limits
Antonyms
How Authoritarian
Surface Forms
Morphology
autarchy = autarch (semi-transparent) = auto + arch + y
If a learner knows 'autarch', forming the abstract noun with '-y' is fairly clear, though the word remains a learned classical formation.
Etymology
Autarchy comes from the Greek parts auto ('self') and archy ('rule'), like in autonomy and monarchy. So autarchy can also mean a political system where one person 'rules alone' with all the power.