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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolutism |
| Synonyms: | authoritarianism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | dictatorship |
| 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: | fascism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political system of dictatorship |
| Synonyms: | Nazism, absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, bureaucracy, despotism, one-party system, party government, racism, regimentation, totalitarianism |
| Antonyms: | democracy |
| Main Entry: | tyranny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictatorship |
| Synonyms: | absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, cruelty, despotism, domination, fascism, high-handedness, imperiousness, monocracy, oligarchy, oppression, peremptoriness, reign of terror, severity, terrorism, totalitarianism, totality, unreasonableness |
| Antonyms: | democracy |
| Main Entry: | police state |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | totalitarian rule |
| Synonyms: | brute force, despotism, rule of terror, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, totalitarianism |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | authoritarianism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolutism |
| Synonyms: | autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, totalitarianism |
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