Autocracy vs. Monarch

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.

Monarchnoun

The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.

Monarchnoun

The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.

Monarchnoun

(Aboriginal English) A police officer.

Monarchnoun

(often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.

Monarchnoun

The chief or best thing of its kind.

Monarchnoun

A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.

Monarchnoun

One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.

Monarchnoun

A patron deity or presiding genius.

Monarchnoun

A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); - called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly.

Monarchadjective

Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling.

Monarchnoun

a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

Monarchnoun

large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed

Monarch

A monarch is a head of state for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power in the state, or others may wield that power on behalf of the monarch.