absolute rule
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As Arendt understood, the criminal state eliminates one of the final barriers to absolute rule.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024
But monitoring groups say there are no signs of a humanitarian crisis or social chaos that could threaten Kim’s absolute rule at home.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023
But the Posse Comitatus Act is not an absolute rule.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2023
In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday.
From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2018
On many days of the year there is but one meal; meat is never eaten, even in sickness—this has always been an absolute rule among the Carthusians.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
