different between autocracy vs sovereignty

English

Etymology

From auto- +? -cracy, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (autokratía, “A system of government by one person with absolute power.”), from ????? (autós, “single, self, same, alone”) + ?????? (krátos, “power”) + -?? (-ía, “feminine abstract nouns suffix”); see also Ancient Greek ?????????? (autokrat?s, “one who governs alone”)

Noun

autocracy (countable and uncountable, plural autocracies)

1. (uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
2. (countable) An instance of this government.

Synonyms

• (rule): See Thesaurus:government

Coordinate terms

• (rule): See Thesaurus:government

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Alternative forms

• soveraigntie (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English sovereynte, from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, from Old French souveraineté, from soverain.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?v.??n.ti/, /?s?v.??n.ti/

Noun

sovereignty (countable and uncountable, plural sovereignties)

1. Of a polity: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.

   Synonyms: autarchy, independence, nationality, nationhood

   • 2019, Manuel Valls, What have Britain and Catalonia got in common? Delusions of independence in the Guardian

     In today’s interconnected economies and societies, a formal independence is the opposite of gaining real sovereignty and control. This is because the excluded party would be absent from the table when decisions are made, unable to participate as choices are taken that, sooner or later, will affect them.

2. Of a ruler: supreme authority over all things.
3. Of a person: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.

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