| Main Entry: | autocracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government by one |
Synonyms: |
absolutism, czarism, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, oppression, totalitarian government, tyranny |
Antonyms: |
democracy |
| Main Entry: | despotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute power |
Synonyms: |
authoritarianism, autocracy, 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 |