Synonyms of autocracy

autocracy

noun

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
• tsarism
• totalitarianism
• absolutism
• monarchy
• autarchy
• Caesarism
• tzarism
• totalism
• oppression
• monarchism
• czarism
• monocracy
• Nazism
• domination
• Big Brother
• Big Brotherism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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