despotisms

Meanings

Noun

• dominance through threat of punishment and violence
• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
• plural of despotism

Synonyms

absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny