dominance through threat of punishment and violence

[ Syn: tyranny , despotism ]

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

[ Syn: dictatorship , authoritarianism , caesarism , despotism , monocracy , one-man rule , shogunate , stalinism , totalitarianism , tyranny ]

the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

[ Syn: totalitarianism , totalism ]

the doctrine of an absolute being