tyranny

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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.)
Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
absolutism, despotism, tyranny
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tyrannical
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tyrannical
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tyrannic