3
stringency(noun, severity)
2
domination(noun, cruelty, oppression, suppression, subjugation)
2
oppression(noun, cruelty, domination, suppression, subjugation)
2
oppressiveness(noun, severity, oppression, domination, dictatorship)
2
subjugation
2
suppression
2
totalism(noun, dictatorship, totalitarianism)
1
abruptness(noun, severity)
1
absolute rule(noun, expression, idiom, despotism, autocracy)
1
acerbity(noun, severity)
1
acuteness(noun, severity)
1
bigotry
1
bleakness(noun, severity)
1
blind spot
1
blinders
1
bluntness(noun, severity)
1
bossism
1
briskness(noun, severity)
1
brusqueness(noun, severity)
1
causticity(noun, severity)
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