monocracy

Noun

Synonyms: dictatorship absolutism authoritarianism Caesarism despotism one-man rule shogunate Stalinism totalitarianism tyranny

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

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

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Monocracy \Mo*noc"ra*cy\, n. [Mono- + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by a single person; undivided rule. --Sydney Smith. [1913 Webster]

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