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, despotism, authoritarianism, autocracy, Caesarism, czarism (also tsarism or tzarism), dictatorship, totalism, totalitarianism, tyrannyWords Related to autarchy monarchism, monarchy, monocracy; Big Brother, Big Brotherism, Communism, fascism, Nazism; domination, oppressionNear Antonyms of autarchy democracy, self-governance, self-government, self-rule; freedom, self-determination; autonomy, sovereignty (also sovranty)