monocracy

Meanings

Plural: monocracies

Noun

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
• Synonym of autocracy.

Synonyms

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