Autocracy

Au`toc´ra`cy

n.	1.	Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. - South.
	2.	Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
	3.	Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
	4.	(Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.

Noun	1.	autocracy - a political system governed by a single individual Synonyms: autarchy Antonyms: republic, democracy, commonwealth - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
	2.	autocracy - a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual