absolutism English

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absolutism Noun

— Absolutism is a form of monarchy that has a strong monarch in charge of a bureaucracy under him or herself.

absolutism

— noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence

— noun the doctrine of an absolute being

— noun the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

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

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absolutism English » English

despotism

totalitarianism

tyranny

dictatorship

authoritarianism

autocracy

totalism

shogunate

one-man rule

obviousness

monocracy

absolute monarchy

Stalinism

Caesarism

tyrannicalness

teetotalism

certainty

authoritarian

autarchy

arbitrariness