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Autocracy

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a system of government by a single person with absolute, unchecked power
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Stage 1 of 2
autos
Greek · ancient
"self"
self, combined with kratos (power)
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Stage 2 of 2
autocracy
English · 1810s
"government by a single ruler with absolute power"
settled as the English word for government by a single ruler with absolute power
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