Synonyms of autocracy

autocracy

noun

ȯ-ˈtä-krə-sē 

as in tyranny

a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power

the Magna Carta is historically important because it signified the British rejection of autocracy and constituted the first formal restraining of the power of the monarch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tyranny
• dictatorship
• fascism
• despotism
• authoritarianism
• Communism
• totalitarianism
• absolutism
• monarchy
• autarchy
• Caesarism
• totalism
• oppression
• czarism
• monarchism
• Nazism
• monocracy
• domination
• Big Brother
• Big Brotherism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• democracy
• freedom
• self-government
• self-rule
• self-governance
• autonomy
• sovereignty
• self-determination

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of autocracy

The good ones who are trying to carefully transition a country from democracy to autocracy don't do it overnight. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026

If Magyar fails to fix the system and deliver results, a return to autocracy would be likely. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026

Since 2021, the state has been grappling with slowing economic output, weaning itself off a property market bubble, and trying to find a balance between promoting a free market and stock exchange within a one-party autocracy. — Joseph Wilkins,sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026

Oil and autocracy in Venezuela The currency of exchange between America and Venezuela is oil. — Boris Muñoz, Time, 3 Apr. 2026