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Absolutism

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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the doctrine of an absolute being

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the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

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dominance through threat of punishment and violence

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authoritarianismCaesarismdespotismdictatorshipmonocracyone-man ruleshogunateStalinismtotalismtotalitarianismtyranny
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