authoritarianism
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}]