- autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual
--1 is a kind of political system, form of government
Antonyms: democracy, republic, commonwealth
--1 has particulars:monarchy; dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny - autocracy - a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
--2 is a kind of political orientation, ideology, political theory
--2 has particulars: Machiavellianism