despotism
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(noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
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Synonyms: absolutism, tyranny |
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Related Words: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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(noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
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Synonyms: Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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Related Words: autarchy, autocracy, police state |
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