Noun: monocracy mu'nó-kru-see
- A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition etc.)
"The country suffered under a brutal monocracy for decades";
- dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
Derived forms: monocracies
Encyclopedia: Monocracy