5
enslavement
5
one-man rule
5
severity(noun, cruelty, oppression, domination, coercion)
5
subjection(noun, torture, cruelty, oppression, domination)
4
absolute power(noun, expression, authority)
4
arbitrariness
4
coercion(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge)
4
harshness(noun, cruelty, strictness, domination, coercion)
4
monarchy
4
reign of terror(noun, expression, idiom, severity, dictatorship)
4
repression(noun, control, power, command, cruelty)
4
shogunate
3
command(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge)
3
czarism
3
injustice(noun, cruelty, domination, coercion, misrule)
3
iron hand(expression, idiom, severity, cruelty, domination)
3
martial law(expression, idiom, severity, cruelty, domination)
3
oligarchy(noun, oppression, domination, dictatorship)
3
police state(noun, expression, idiom)
3
terrorism(noun, oppression, domination, dictatorship)
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