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autarchy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of autarchy

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

Synonyms of autarchy

absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, Caesarism, czarism (also tsarism), despotism, dictatorship, totalism, totalitarianism, tyranny

Words Related to autarchy

monarchism, monarchy, monocracy

Big Brother, Big Brotherism, Communism, fascism, Nazism

domination, oppression

Near Antonyms of autarchy

democracy, self-governance, self-government, self-rule

freedom, self-determination

autonomy, sovereignty (also sovranty)

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