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Autocracy vs. Autonomy
Autocracy
/ɔːˈtɒkrəsi/Examples:
The nation shifted from a democracy to an autocracy.His autocracy led to public unrest and protests.Autocracy often suppresses free speech and dissent.
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Autonomy
/ɔːˈtɒnəmi/Examples:
The universities were restored to autonomy and Jews allowed to attend.The community gained autonomy after decades of external control.Achieving financial autonomy is a key goal for young adults.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Autocracy contains auto which might make you think of automatic control by one person, like a dictator.
- Autonomy also contains auto, but it refers to self-governing or independence, not control over others.
- Remember that autocracy ends with -cracy, akin to words like democracy, where it denotes a type of governmental power.
- Autonomy relates to autonomous, which describes something self-sufficient and self-governing.
- Autocracy deals with one person holding all power; autonomy involves self-governance or freedom from external control.
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