| 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: | autocracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government by one |
Synonyms: |
absolutism, czarism, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, oppression, totalitarian government, tyranny |
Antonyms: |
democracy |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule, power |
Synonyms: |
ability, absolutism, aplomb, authority, authorization, charge, coercion, compulsion, constraint, control, despotism, domination, dominion, expertise, expertism, expertness, government, grasp, grip, hold, jurisdiction, know-how, leadership, management, might, prerogative, primacy, restraint, right, royalty, skill, sovereignty, strings, supervision, supremacy, sway, tyranny, upper hand |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
subordination |
| 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: | 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: | harshness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crudity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, anger, brutality, cruelty, sternness, tyranny |
| 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 |