Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.

A government run by a dictator

  1. Democracy

  2. Autocracy

  3. Anarchy

  4. Aristocracy
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Autocracy is a system of government by one person with absolute power - exactly what a dictatorship is. Democracy is rule by the people, anarchy is absence of government, and aristocracy is rule by a privileged elite (not necessarily one person).

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