| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun autocracy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (autocracy) | 1. A political system governed by a single individual.[Wordnet]. 2. A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual.[Wordnet]. 3. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.[Websters]. 4. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.[Websters]. 5. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.[Websters]. 6. The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.[Websters]. | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "AUTOCRACIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Specialty Definition: autocracy
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Law | AUTOCRACY. The name of a government where the monarch is unlimited by law. Such is the power of the emperor of Russia, who, following the example of his predecessors, calls himself the autocrat of all the Russians. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: autocracy | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Rana autocracy | 10 | Autocracy | 6 | |
| Liberal autocracy | 7 | Liberal autocracy | 7 | |
| Autocracy | 6 | Rana autocracy | 10 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
