MONARCHY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("monarchy" is a kind of...):

autarchy; autocracy (a political system governed by a single individual)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monarchy"):

parliamentary monarchy (a monarchy having a parliament)

kingdom (a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state)

empire (a monarchy with an emperor as head of state)

Derivation:

monarchal; monarchic; monarchical (ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch)