despotism Synonyms

absolutism tyranny dictatorship monocracy shogunate Stalinism one-man rule caesarism authoritarianism autocracy totalitarianism masochism banana republic demagoguery imperiousness domineeringness high-handedness maltreatment police state national socialism absolute power unrestrainedness rightism reign of terror iron hand absolute rule iron fist dictatorialness czarism brute force negritude Nazification tyrrany nazism fascism totalism terrorism magisterialness injustice hardness forcibleness enslavement domination cruelty coercion brutality autarchy arbitrariness almightiness monarchism