noun
- A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.. ).
- synonyms: dictatorship, absolutism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
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