"monocracy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: monocracies [plural]
Etymology: From mono- + -cracy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mono|cracy}} mono- + -cracy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} monocracy (countable and uncountable, plural monocracies)
  1. (rare) Synonym of autocracy Tags: countable, rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Forms of government, Monarchy, One Synonyms: autocracy [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: monocrat, monocratic, monocratically

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