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English

A form of government distinguished by absolute power in the executive branch of a state and little legislative or judicial control over the executive branch; the power rests generally on coercive force, rather than on the popular assembly.

WordNet authoritarianism
n : 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, Caesarism,
despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism,
totalitarianism, tyranny]