Autocracy vs. Dictator

Autocracynoun

(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.

Autocracynoun

(countable) An instance of this government.

Autocracynoun

Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.

Autocracynoun

Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.

Autocracynoun

Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.

Autocracynoun

The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.

Autocracynoun

a political system governed by a single individual

Autocracynoun

a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual

Autocracy

Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power over a state is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of coup d'état or other forms of rebellion).In earlier times, the term autocrat was coined as a favorable description of a ruler, having some connection to the concept of as well as an indication of grandeur and power. This use of the term continued into modern times, as the Russian Emperor was styled as late as the early 20th century.

Dictatornoun

A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.

Dictatornoun

(historical) A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war.

Dictatornoun

A tyrannical boss or authority figure.

Dictatornoun

A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk).

Dictatornoun

One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.

Dictatornoun

One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.

Dictatornoun

a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine

Dictatornoun

a ruler who is unconstrained by law

Dictatornoun

a person behaves in an tyrannical manner;

Dictator

A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique.