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Autocrat vs Autonomy - What's the difference?

autocrat | autonomy |

As nouns the difference between autocrat and autonomy

is that autocrat is an absolute ruler with infinite power while autonomy is self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

autocrat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An absolute ruler with infinite power
  • A title borne by some such Monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia

    • Synonyms

    * autocrator * big man * despot * dictator * * monarch * tyrant

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    autonomy

    English

    Noun

  • Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
  • (label) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
  • (label) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
  • (label) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.

    • Synonyms

    * (self-government) nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence

    Antonyms

    * (self-government) dependency, nonautonomy, inoperability * (capacity to make independent decisions) heteronomy, incapacity

    Derived terms

    * autonomic * autonomous, autonomously