|  shogunate 
 
 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, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism,
 monocracy, one-man rule, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
 • Derivationally related forms:
 Stalinist (for: Stalinism), absolutistic (for: absolutism), absolutist (for: absolutism), dictator (for: dictatorship)
 • Hypernyms:
 autocracy, autarchy
 • Hyponyms:
 police state
 
 
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