 | Term | Definition |
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Aut/auto |
Self |
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Cracy |
Government |
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Authentic |
Genuine, real, reliable or trustworthy |
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Autobiography |
Story of a person's life written by the person himself or herself |
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Autocrat |
Ruler excerising self-derived, absolute power or despot |
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Autograph |
Person's signature written by himself or herself |
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Automatic |
Acting by itself, self-regulating |
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Automation |
Technique of making a process self-operating by means of built-in electronic controls |
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Automaton |
Purely mechanical person following a routine or robot |
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Autonomous |
Self-governing or independent |
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Autonomy |
Right of self-government |
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Autopsy |
Medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death, postmortem examination |
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Aristocracy |
Government run by a small, wealthy upper class or ruling class of nobles, nobility or privileged class |
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Autocracy |
Government or country governed by one individual with self-derived, unlimited power |
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Bureaucracy |
Government by bureau or groups of officials |
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Democracy |
Government or country ruled by the people |
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Plutocracy |
Government or country rules by the rich |
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Technocracy |
Government or country ruled by technical experts |
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Aristocrat |
Advocate of aristorcracy or a member of the aristocracy, person of noble birth |
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Democrat |
Member of the Democratic Party |
