monocracy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
    tyranny; absolutism; dictatorship; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.

WordNet

Mo*noc"ra*cy noun
Etymology
Mono- + -cracy, as in democracy.
Definitions
  1. Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

Webster 1913