monarchy

[zone: 1, ipm: 161.06]

Definitions

  • a system of government by a king or a queen

Examples

  1. In an absolute monarchy, the ruler can pass laws without a parliament.
  2. Most monarchies allow only male succession, usually from father to son.
  3. Thus historians generally regard the growth of the absolute monarchy as the origin of the modern state.
  4. A monarchy is regarded as one of the most stable forms of government.
  5. Most monarchies rule from a centrist approach.

Collocations

  • constitutional [score: 10.98, freq: 316] (constitutional monarchy)
  • absolute [score: 10.49, freq: 197] (absolute monarchy)
  • abolish [score: 9.79, freq: 65] (monarchies were abolished)
  • restoration [score: 9.72, freq: 55] (restoration of the monarchy)
  • world [score: 9.62, freq: 14] (the world's oldest monarchy)
  • Japan [score: 9.34, freq: 6] (Japan's monarchy)
  • hereditary [score: 9.25, freq: 73] (hereditary monarchy)
  • restore [score: 9.25, freq: 74] (monarchies were restored)
  • abolition [score: 9.23, freq: 35] (abolition of the monarchy)
  • elective [score: 8.98, freq: 45] (elective monarchy)
  • limited [score: 8.94, freq: 51] (limited monarchy)
  • overthrow [score: 8.78, freq: 27] (overthrow the monarchy)
  • Netherlands [score: 8.76, freq: 7] (monarchy of the Netherlands)
  • Spanish [score: 8.6, freq: 66] (the Spanish monarchy)
  • heir [score: 8.6, freq: 20] (monarchy's heir)
  • downfall [score: 8.14, freq: 13] (downfall of the monarchy)
  • Habsburg [score: 7.88, freq: 21] (the Habsburg monarchy)
  • federal [score: 7.8, freq: 25] (federal monarchy)
  • Austrian [score: 7.71, freq: 33] (the Austrian monarchy)
  • establish [score: 7.67, freq: 40] (monarchy was established)
  • Spain [score: 7.57, freq: 13] (monarchy of Spain)
  • dual [score: 7.53, freq: 16] (dual monarchy)
  • European [score: 7.52, freq: 38] (European monarchies)
  • Kingdom [score: 7.5, freq: 6] (monarchy of the Kingdom)
  • overturn [score: 7.43, freq: 8] (overturned the monarchy)
  • Japanese [score: 7.42, freq: 23] (the Japanese monarchy)
  • British [score: 7.39, freq: 106] (the British monarchy)
  • Prussian [score: 7.37, freq: 25] (the Prussian monarchy)
  • parliamentary [score: 7.36, freq: 20] (parliamentary monarchy)
  • rule [score: 7.35, freq: 14] (monarchy ruled by)
  • French [score: 7.3, freq: 91] (the French monarchy)
  • Persian [score: 7.3, freq: 22] (the Persian monarchy)
  • subvert [score: 7.29, freq: 7] (subverted monarchy)
  • decline [score: 7.24, freq: 9] (declining monarchy)
  • capital [score: 7.23, freq: 11] (capital of the monarchy)

Thesaurus

Translations

Russian монарх (0.014)
монархия (0.973)
Czech mocnářství (0.045)
monarchie (0.887)