Despotism (Noun)
Meaning 1
Dominance through threat of punishment and violence.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Synonyms
- Authoritarianism
- Totalitarianism
- Caesarism
- Shogunate
- Monocracy
- One-man Rule
- Absolutism
- Stalinism
- Dictatorship
- Tyranny