🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

monocracia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo.noˈkɾa.sja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Monocracy/məˈnɒk.rə.si/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La monocracia deja poco espacio para la libertad de expresión."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Government by a single person; absolute rule or autocracy.

    "The transition from a fragile parliament to a complete monocracy alarmed international observers."
  2. 2

    A state or political system ruled by one individual.

    "Historians studied the rise of the small island monocracy in the late eighteenth century."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek roots 'monos' meaning 'single' or 'alone' combined with 'kratia' meaning 'power' or 'rule'. Emerging in the 19th century, it follows the classical morphological pattern of political system terms like democracy and autocracy to denote singular governance.

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