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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
autocracy /ɔːˈtɒkrəsi/

▶noun (pl. autocracies) a system of government by one person with absolute power.

■ a country, state, or society governed in this way.

– origin C17: from Gk autokrateia, from autokratēs, from autos ‘self’ + kratos ‘power’.

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