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Monocracy

Definition: Monocracy

Monocracy

Noun

1. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Monocracy \Mo*noc"ra*cy\, noun. [Mono- -cracy, as in democracy.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Monocracy

Synonyms: absolutism (n), authoritarianism (n), despotism (n), dictatorship (n), one-man rule (n), shogunate (n), totalitarianism (n), tyranny (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Monocracy

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Government

Thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy; duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy; duumvirate; triumvirate; autocracy, autonomy; limited monarchy; constitutional government, constitutional monarchy; home rule; representative government; monocracy, pantisocracy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: Monocracy

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Nehru Epoch: From Democracy to Monocracy (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Monocracy

Language Translations for "monocracy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

autokraci (autocracy). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

egyeduralom. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onocracymay

   

Russian 

  

единовластие. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

monokratija, autokratija (autocracy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Monocracy

Misspellings

"Monocracy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cowocracy, mobocracy, pornocracy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Monocracy"

Words rhyming with "monocracy" (pronounced 'Mo*noc"ra*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Monocracy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-m-n-o-o-r-y"

-2 letters: acronym, cocoyam, raccoon.

-3 letters: corona, crayon, macron, maroon, racoon, romano.

-4 letters: acorn, anomy, carny, carom, cocoa, corny, crony, croon, cyano, cymar, macon, macro, manor, mayor, moony, moory, moray, moron, narco, racon, rayon, roman, roomy.

-5 letters: arco, army, carn, coca, coco, coma, cony, coon, corm, corn, cory, cram, croc, cyan, cyma, mano, many, marc, mayo.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-m-n-o-o-r-y"
 

+4 letters: communicatory.

 

+5 letters: chromodynamics, monocarboxylic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Monocracy


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 6F 6E 6F 63 72 61 63 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ---    -.    ---    -.-.    .-.    .-    -.-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101111 01101110 01101111 01100011 01110010 01100001 01100011 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#110 &#111 &#99 &#114 &#97 &#99 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 006E 006F 0063 0072 0061 0063 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

478180816984676991

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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