AbsolutismWordNet Explorer
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noun
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
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the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
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an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
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a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Words in this synset: dictatorship, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man_rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
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a political system governed by a single individual
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a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
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dominance through threat of punishment and violence
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the state that exists when one person or group has power over another