1. (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• absolutism
• authoritarianism
• caesarism
• despotism
• dictatorship
• monocracy
• one-man rule
• shogunate
• stalinism
• totalitarianism

2. (noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• absolutism
• despotism

1. (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• autarchy
• autocracy

2. (noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• ascendance
• ascendancy
• ascendence
• ascendency
• control
• dominance

1. (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• police state

1. (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• absolutist
• absolutist
• absolutistic
• dictator
• potentate
• stalinist

2. (noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• absolutist
• authoritarian
• authoritarian
• autocratic
• autocratic
• despotic
• despotic
• dictatorial
• dictatorial
• tyrannic
• tyrannic
• tyrannical
• tyrannical
• oppressive
• tyrannical
• tyrannous