Synonyms of DESPOTISMS

noun

1. dominance through threat of punishment and violence

   • ABSOLUTISM14
   • TYRANNY13
   • DESPOTISM14

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

   • DICTATORSHIP20
   • ABSOLUTISM14
   • CAESARISM13
   • DESPOTISM14
   • MONOCRACY18
   • SHOGUNATE13
   • TOTALITARIANISM17
   • TYRANNY13

   Also: authoritarianism, one-man rule.

   Not playable in Scrabble US: STALINISM.