dictatorships

dic-ta-tor-ships

noun

Systems of government where one person or group holds absolute, unchecked power.

"Historically, many dictatorships have fallen due to popular uprisings."

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