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autocracy(noun, government, over, politics)
18
dictatorship(noun, control, power, rule, command)
14
absolutism(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge)
14
oppression(noun, control, power, command)
13
despotism(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge)
6
domineering(adjective, insolence)
4
coercion(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge)
4
reign of terror(noun, expression, idiom, dictatorship)
3
iron hand(expression, idiom, cruelty, domination)
3
martial law(expression, idiom, cruelty, domination)
2
brute force(expression, idiom)
2
iron heel(expression, idiom)
1
assumption
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inquisition
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arbitrary power(expression, idiom)
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brute strength(expression, idiom)
0
iron rule(expression, idiom)
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iron sway(expression, idiom)
0
strong hand(expression, idiom)
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tight grasp(expression, idiom)
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