autocracy
autocracy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
- 2.Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Barlow.
- 3.(Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] Dunglison.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat called?
- What is political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Barlow called?
- What is the action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] Dunglison called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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