Legal Definition and Related Resources of Autocracy
Meaning of Autocracy
A government where the powet of the monarch is unlimited by law.
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Definition of Autocracy
The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Autocracy: The concentration of power and authority in the hands of one person. Usually, autocracy refers to a situation where state power is controlled by a monarch, religious leader or political dictator. The term can also be applied to particular social institutions where one individual has dominant power and authority. See: DEMOCRACY / MERITOCRACY / PLUTOCRACY in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.
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Notes and References
- Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Autocracy. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Autocracy
(You may find autocracy at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
1650s, “independent power, self-sustained power, self-government” (obsolete), from French autocratie, from Latinized form of Greek autokrateia “absolute rule, rule by oneself,” abstract noun from autokrates “ruling by oneself,” from autos “self” (see auto-) + kratia “rule” (see -cracy). Meaning “absolute government, unlimited political power invested in a single person” is recorded from 1855.
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