autocratic rule
One person governs
Autocratic rule is governance by a single person or small group with absolute power, unchecked by laws, constitutions, or democratic processes.
The ruler's word is final: The country suffered under decades of autocratic rule.
The phrase often carries negative connotations, implying suppression of dissent and concentration of authority.
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
- revolutionsTurnovers of power
- centralized controlAuthority concentrated in one body
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- palace intrigueScheming within ruling circles
censorship · dictatorship · cult of personality · theocracy · propaganda · authoritarianism · absolutism · surveillance state · state media · protests · civil disobedience · oligarchy · fascism · totalitarianism · iron fist · despotism · one-party state · rubber stamp parliament
- royal powerroyal authority, royal assent, absolute monarchy, royal decree, absolute power
autocratic ruledemocracy
Rule by the people
democratic governance · popular sovereignty · self-governance · representative government · participatory democracy
autocratic ruleliberal democracy
Rights-based elected governance
free society · libertarianism · open society · civil liberty · limited government
autocratic ruleconstitutional government
Regime bound by charter
checks and balances · separation of powers · government accountability
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