AUTARCHY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

autarchy

noun

Definition of autarchy

as in tyranny

a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power having just thrown off the yoke of Great Britain, the American Founding Fathers were adamantly opposed to establishing some form of homegrown autarchy

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And Ric Salinas, who plays Chachalacani, humorously obliges, bringing his Culture Clash vaudeville skills to the role of the sentry who’s caught between the rock of Klion’s tyranny and his fellow feeling for Antíkona’s sympathetic cause.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Focus Features has the Andrew Garfield period movie The Uprising from Paul Greengrass which is based on the legend of Robin Hood in his crusade against King Richard II’s tyranny.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of tyranny

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The United Kingdom has controlled the Falklands since 1833, and fought a brief war over the islands in the early 1980s after the Argentine military dictatorship attempted to seize the territory by force.

— Adrienne Vogt, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Here, Americans want to live in a democracy, not a dictatorship.

— S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of dictatorship

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The Ostrich Army spoke of the impending incursion as the advent of jackboot autocracy, but plans to resist it seemed more equivocal.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Bluster and bravado are big parts of the playbook for North Korea, an isolated and oft-sanctioned autocracy that the Kim family has ruled since 1948.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of autocracy

Noun

Like much else in Guatemala, the colossal, mint-green presidential palace where Arévalo sat down with me is a holdover from a bygone era of authoritarianism.

— Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
The Oscar winner took a walk down memory lane to detail how many artists and collaborators lifted him up on his journey while also taking aim at authoritarianism.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of authoritarianism

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