autocracy
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/ɔːˈtɑːkrəsi/
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/ɔːˈtɒkrəsi/
When one person has all the power to make decisions in a country.
In an autocracy, one leader makes all the rules without asking anyone else.
A place where one person makes all the decisions and has total control.
People living in an autocracy may have less freedom to say what they think.