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n. - A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual; A political system governed by a single individual.

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  • Populists believed that a free and prosperous community where everybody helped one another out would overthrow autocracy.
  • Lets not go totalitarian, but a moderate autocracy is ok, so that people have some skin in the game.
  • London: Nearly two decades after the collapse of the Soviet-brand of communism in Chinese autocracy.
  • The autocracy is the apex of a military system, by which a great territory has been gathered under one control.
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