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autocracy 1. government by an individual with unrestricted authority 2. the unrestricted authority of such an individual 3. a country, society, etc., ruled by an autocrat How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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* The Black Hundreds were reactionary mobs organized by the perishing Autocracy in the Russian Revolution. In his mystic acceptance of the principle of autocracy he was bent on extirpating from the land every vestige of anything that resembled freedom in public institutions; and in his ruthless persecution of the rising generation he seemed to aim at the destruction of the very hope of liberty itself. |
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