Noun
- 1. dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, autocracy, autarchy
- usage: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- 2. absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism, political orientation, ideology, political theory
- usage: the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
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