Sinonim despotism

English Thesaurus

1. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun.group)

hypernym	:	autarchy, autocracy,
definition	:	a political system governed by a single individual (noun.group)

hyponym	:	police state,
definition	:	a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) (noun.group)

2. dominance through threat of punishment and violence (noun.state)

hypernym	:	ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance,
definition	:	the state that exists when one person or group has power over another (noun.state)

3. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun.group)

derivation	:	absolutist,
definition	:	one who advocates absolutism (noun.person)

derivation	:	dictator, potentate,
definition	:	a ruler who is unconstrained by law (noun.person)

derivation	:	stalinist,
definition	:	a follower of Stalin and Stalinism (noun.person)

derivation	:	absolutist, absolutistic,
definition	:	pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism (adj.pert)

4. dominance through threat of punishment and violence (noun.state)

derivation	:	absolutist,
definition	:	one who advocates absolutism (noun.person)

derivation	:	authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical,
definition	:	characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty (adj.all)

derivation	:	oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous,
definition	:	marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior (adj.all)

5. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) (noun.group)

derivation	:	absolutist,
definition	:	one who advocates absolutism (noun.person)

derivation	:	dictator, potentate,
definition	:	a ruler who is unconstrained by law (noun.person)

derivation	:	stalinist,
definition	:	a follower of Stalin and Stalinism (noun.person)

derivation	:	absolutist, absolutistic,
definition	:	pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism (adj.pert)

6. dominance through threat of punishment and violence (noun.state)

derivation	:	absolutist,
definition	:	one who advocates absolutism (noun.person)

derivation	:	authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical,
definition	:	characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty (adj.all)

derivation	:	oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous,
definition	:	marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior (adj.all)