nnoun.groupa form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)Synset:Caesarism Stalinism absolutism authoritarianism despotism dictatorship monocracy one-man rule shogunate totalitarianism
Derivationally Related Form:absolutistStalinistdictatorabsolutistic
Hypernyms:autarchy autocracy
Inherited Hypernyms:dictatorshipautocracypolitical systemsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:police state
Full Hyponyms:police state
nnoun.statedominance through threat of punishment and violenceSynset:absolutism despotism
Derivationally Related Form:absolutisttyrannicaltyrannic
Hypernyms:ascendance ascendancy ascendence ascendency control dominance
Inherited Hypernyms:absolutismdominanceconditionstateattributeabstractionentity