police state (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
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Hypernym dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
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Hyponym dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny

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