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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute rule |
| Synonyms: | Nazism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, despotism, fascism, garrison state, reign of terror, totalitarianism, tyranny, unlimited rule |
| Antonyms: | democracy |
| Main Entry: | despotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute power |
| Synonyms: | authoritarianism, autocracy, dictatorship, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | domination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control; subjection |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authority, command, despotism, dictatorship, dominance, dominion, influence, jurisdiction, might, oppression, power, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, repression, rule, sovereignty, strings, subordination, superiority, suppression, supremacy, sway, tyranny |
| Antonyms: | following, submission, surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | oppression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery, hardship |
| Synonyms: | abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force, forcibleness, hardness, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand, maltreatment, martial law, overthrowing, persecution, severity, subduing, subjection, suffering, torment, tyrrany |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | totalitarianism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolutism |
| Synonyms: | authoritarianism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | absolute power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete authority to act |
| Synonyms: | absolutism, autarchy, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | absolutism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute control by government |
| Synonyms: | autarchy, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | absolutism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political doctrine |
| Synonyms: | authoritarianism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, totalism, totalitarianism |
| Main Entry: | autarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolutism |
| Synonyms: | autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, totalitarianism, tyrannical rule, tyranny |
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