46
tyranny(noun, power, authority, system, suppression)
39
dictatorship(noun, power, rule, authority, system)
28
monarchy(noun, law, power, authority, system)
23
autarchy(noun, regime, political system, antidemocratic)
22
totalitarian government(expression, regime, political system, antidemocratic)
19
autocracy(noun, power, system, government, regime)
18
fascism(noun, power, system, regime, political system)
17
despotism(noun, power, authority, system, regime)
16
totalitarianism(noun, power, authority, system, regime)
15
communism(noun, government, regime, political system, antidemocratic)
15
monocracy(noun, power, authority, system, regime)
15
imperiousness(noun, regime, political system, antidemocratic)
14
authoritarianism(noun, regime, political system, antidemocratic)
14
arbitrariness(noun, power, regime, antidemocratic)
14
stratocracy(noun, regime, political system, antidemocratic)
12
absolutism(noun, law, power, government, regime)
12
socialism(noun, regime, political system, antidemocratic)
11
totalism(noun, regime, political system, antidemocratic)
10
coercion(noun, power, regime, antidemocratic)
10
dictate(noun, power, regime, antidemocratic)
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