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    [Noun]  | "au*toc*ra*cy" | \ ȯ-ˈtä-krə-sē \


    1: the authority or rule of an autocrat

    2: government in which one person possesses unlimited power

    3: a community or state governed by autocracy


    Origin: 1659 ;

     Earlier, "self-control," borrowed from Greek autokrateîa "self-control, power over oneself," from autokratḗs "ruling by itself (of a mind), with sole authority (for a task)" + -ia {see: |-y:2|-y:2} {mat|autocrat|};

      * Note : The word acquired the present meaning under the influence of Latin autocratōr (from about the fifth century on) and Greek autokrátōr, meaning "with sole authority," and later by association with {autocrat|autocrat}. See note at {autocrat|autocrat}.;

    [Noun]  | "autocracy" 


    1: a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power;


      * e.g., " ... the Magna Carta is historically important because it signified the British rejection of autocracy and constituted the first formal restraining of the power of the monarch "



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     [ "Autocracy" ]

    1: A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual.

      * e.g.,  ... Going against wise intelligence, the president has himself led the country into war, placing our country into a TEMPORARY state of autocracy, him being the autocrat. This decision will cost American tax payers hundreds of billions of dollars. 

     [ "Autocracy" ]

    1: a system of government by one person with absolute power.

      * e.g.,  ... In some islands hereditary autocracy prevailed; in others the government was elective. He conceived the idea of limiting the autocracy by subordinating it to the authority of the supreme privy council, of which he was president. 

     [ "Hong kong autocracy" ]

    1: It's a joke. Hong kong is now run by dictatorship, namely CCP. Police are overpowered.

      * e.g.,  ... Carrie Lam: hey Xi, wanna hear a joke? 

     [ "electoral autocracy" ]

    1: A well functioning multi-party democracy with a popularly elected government where Nuland hasn't managed a successful color revolution, yet. A key component is a big enough military to make overt military intervention too costly and embarrassing.

      * e.g.,  ... State department hack 1: We have been trying and trying but none of the fake protests we organize in country X have managed to bring about a regime change yet. State department hack 2: Tell Soros to get one of his Scandinavian proxies to declare country X an electoral autocracy. That will show them. DoD Austin: Fine, but can we stay friends with them though? We sorta need them to counter country Y now that we ourselves are thoroughly deindustrialized, deeply in debt, out of ammo, out of planes, and short of military recruits. Sleepy Brandon: Mitterand! What now? Corn Pop! Whoop, diaper change. Ooh, you shmell nice. 

     [ "Player-autocracy" ]

    1: Player-Autocracy is the measure or condition

      * e.g.,  ... Hey vic 2 is just player-autocracy that's why the ai is bad 


     [ "Player-autocracy" ]

    2: of absolute control the player has over the actions taken in a game. It is, at its simplest, the fact that the


     [ "Player-autocracy" ]

    3: player, and thus the act of play, involve unchallenged power. It is less one solid moment or thing than


     [ "Player-autocracy" ]

    4: it is a gradient of control that the player has over mechanics and information of a game

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