All reign of terror synonyms

noun reign of terror

• abstersion — the act of wiping clean or cleansing
• high-handedness — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
• lynch law — the administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
• dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
• nazism — the principles or methods of the Nazis.
• criminal syndicalism — the doctrine of recourse to acts of violence or terrorism, or the advocacy of such acts, as a means of effecting economic or political change: proscribed by statute in many U.S. states.
• cleanup — A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
• mobocracy — political control by a mob.
• garrison state — a state in which military matters dominate economic and political life.
• ochlocracy — government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
• imperiousness — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
• anarchism — Anarchism is the belief that the laws and power of governments should be replaced by people working together freely.
• mixup — an act or instance of mixing.
• disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
• arm-twisting — persuasion
• nongovernment — Not governmental in nature.
• anarchy — If you describe a situation as anarchy, you mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws.
• oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
• mob rule — the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
• expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.