Choose the most suitable one-word substitution for the following.
A government ruled by one person.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Autocracy: This is a system of government in which supreme power over a state is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control.
Democracy: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives (rule by the people).
Aristocracy: A form of government in which power is held by the nobility or a privileged upper class (rule by the best/elite).
Oligarchy: A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution (rule by a few).