All dictatorship synonyms

noun dictatorship

• tyranny — arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. Synonyms: despotism, absolutism, dictatorship.
• authoritarianism — Authoritarianism is the state of being authoritarian or the belief that people with power, especially the State, have the right to control other people's actions.
• totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
• autocracy — Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
• fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
• despotism — Despotism is cruel and unfair government by a ruler or rulers who have a lot of power.
• coercion — Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
• nazism — the principles or methods of the Nazis.
• repression — the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
• regime — a mode or system of rule or government: a dictatorial regime.
• government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• reign — the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
• leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
• junta — a small group ruling a country, especially immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
• reign of terror — a period of the French Revolution, from about March, 1793, to July, 1794, during which many persons were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction.
• garrison state — a state in which military matters dominate economic and political life.