| NOUN | state | despotism, absolutism, tyranny | dominance through threat of punishment and violence |
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| group | despotism, dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
| Sounds | deh'spahtih.zahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | dominance through threat of punishment and violence. | |
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| Synonyms | absolutism, tyranny | |
| Broader | dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control | The state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| Spanish | absolutismo, despotismo, tiranía | |
| Catalan | absolutisme, despotisme, tirania | |
| Meaning | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). | |
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| Synonyms | dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny | |
| Narrower | police state | A country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) |
| Broader | autocracy, autarchy | A political system governed by a single individual |
| Spanish | absolutismo, autocracia, autoritarismo, despotismo, dictadura, estalinismo, tiranía, totalitarismo | |
| Catalan | absolutisme, autoritarisme, despotisme, dictadura, estalinisme, monocràcia, tirania, totalitarisme | |
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