Authoritarianism

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  authoritarianism
       n : a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
           dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
           opposition etc.) [syn: {dictatorship}, {absolutism}, {Caesarism},
            {despotism}, {monocracy}, {one-man rule}, {shogunate}, {Stalinism},
            {totalitarianism}, {tyranny}]