despotism

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despotism Definition

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

despotism Synonyms

• absolutism
• authoritarianism
• Caesarism
• despotism
• dictatorship
• monocracy
• one-man rule
• shogunate
• Stalinism
• totalitarianism
• tyranny