- [uncountable]
a system of government of a country in which one person has complete power 独裁政体；专制制度 - [countable]
a country that is ruled by one person who has complete power 独裁国家；专制国家
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘autonomy’): from Greek autokrateia, from autokratēs, from autos ‘self’ + kratos ‘power’.