dictatorship (n)
absolutism (n)
authoritarianism (n)
Caesarism (n)
despotism (n)
monocracy (n)
one-man rule (n)
shogunate (n)
Stalinism (n)
totalitarianism (n)
tyranny (n)

n08440630

type n
lex_filenum 14
def a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Outgoing links
Hypernym autocracy, autarchy
Derivationally related form Stalinism → Stalinist
Derivationally related form absolutism → absolutistic
Derivationally related form absolutism → absolutist
Derivationally related form dictatorship → dictator
Hyponym police state
Incoming links
Derivationally related form absolutistic → absolutism
Hyponym autocracy, autarchy
Hypernym police state
Derivationally related form absolutist → absolutism
Derivationally related form dictator → dictatorship
Derivationally related form Stalinist → Stalinism

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