Despotism - Definition
despotism
n 1: dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn:
absolutism, tyranny, despotism]
2: 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, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism,
tyranny]