different between autocrat vs autocracy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French autocrate, itself from Ancient Greek ?????????? (autokrat?s, “sovereign”), from ????- (auto-, “self”) (combinatory form of ????? (autós)) + ?????? (kratía, “rule”) (from ?????? (krátos, “strength, power”)).

Noun

autocrat (plural autocrats)

1. An absolute ruler with infinite power.

   Synonyms: autocrator, despot, dictator, monarch, tyrant, strongman

2. A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia.

Translations

• autocracy

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “autocrat”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• actuator

Romanian

Etymology

From French autocrate, itself from Ancient Greek ?????????? (autokrat?s, “sovereign”), from ????- (auto-, “self”) (combinatory form of ????? (autós)) + ?????? (kratía, “rule”) (from ?????? (krátos, “strength, power”)).

Noun

autocrat m (plural autocra?i)

1. An autocrat.

Declension

Related terms

• autocra?ie

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

Related terms

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