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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With neither reality nor imagination offering an escape from tyranny, the film asks whether hope, memory and love can persevere when war threatens to extinguish them all.

— Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of tyranny

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And yet, amid their country’s slide into fascism, these folks persisted — for a while longer, at least.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
The film starts in Paris but Taro’s story begins in her native Leipzig in 1932, where Gerta Pohorylle, as she is then known, is a young woman whose political conscience is awakened by the rise of fascism.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of fascism

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But each case demands attention from European and British police and intelligence agencies, which are already dealing with a range of similar threats from other autocracies such as China and Russia.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
The transition from republic to autocracy is narrated through (imagined) letters and journals of his closest advisors, friends, and family.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of autocracy

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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
The thing needed, even in the days of galloping authoritarianism, is to cut the Court down to size.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of authoritarianism

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