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ABSOLUTISM

Definition:

1. [noun] dominance through threat of punishment and violence
   Synonyms: tyranny, despotism
   
   
2. [noun] a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
   Synonyms: dictatorship, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
   
   
3. [noun] the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
   Synonyms: totalitarianism, totalism
   
   
4. [noun] the doctrine of an absolute being
   
   

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