absolutism

名词 absolutism:

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