Caesarism

Caesarism
    n 1: 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}]
    

Caesarism \C[ae]"sar*ism\ (s[=e]"z[~e]r*[i^]z'm), n. [Cf. F.
   C['e]sarisme.]
   A system of government in which unrestricted power is
   exercised by a single person, to whom, as C[ae]sar or
   emperor, it has been committed by the popular will;
   imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of
   government.
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   Note: This word came into prominence in the time of Napoleon
         III., as an expression of the claims and political
         views of that emperor, and of the politicians of his
         court.
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