nouns
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Caesarism,
Stalinism,
absolutism,
authoritarianism,
despotism,
dictatorship,
monocracy,
one-man rule,
shogunate,
totalitarianism,
tyranny
the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
the doctrine of an absolute being
is a type of (narrower)
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school