/aw tok"reuh see/ , n. , pl. autocracies .
1. government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
2. a nation, state, or community ruled by an autocrat.
3. unlimited authority, power, or influence of one person in any group.
[ 1645-55; autokráteia power over oneself, sole power, equiv. to autokrat ( és ) AUTOCRAT + -eia -IA; see -CRACY ]