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despotism

English

  1. 🔊 dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  2. 🔊 a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Similar words

dictatorship absolutism authoritarianism caesarism monocracy one-man rule shogunate stalinism totalitarianism tyranny absolutism tyranny caesarism stalinism absolute monarchy absolutism argumentum baculinum autarchy authoritarianism autocracy benevolent despotism big stick czarism dictatorship