All 3 Uses of
autocracy
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- She could not relish the autocracy of "cheerful bums."†
Chpt 11 *
- Carol did desire to see the Prussian autocracy defeated; she did persuade herself that there were no autocracies save that of Prussia; she did thrill to motion-pictures of troops embarking in New York; and she was uncomfortable when she met Miles Bjornstam on the street and he croaked: "How's tricks?†
Chpt 23
- Carol did desire to see the Prussian autocracy defeated; she did persuade herself that there were no autocracies save that of Prussia; she did thrill to motion-pictures of troops embarking in New York; and she was uncomfortable when she met Miles Bjornstam on the street and he croaked: "How's tricks?†
Chpt 23
Definitions:
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(1)
(autocracy) a political or managerial system governed by a single individual
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus