centralized power
One seat governs
Centralized power is authority concentrated in a single governing body or individual rather than distributed among multiple entities.
The term appears in discussions of government structure, corporate organization, and political theory: The constitution was designed to prevent centralized power.
It contrasts with federalism, local autonomy, or distributed decision-making.
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- autocracyRule by one
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- strongman politicsRule through personal dominance
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
command · censorship · political repression · order · totalitarianism · police state · despotism · monarchy · Leviathan · ideological control · hierarchy · ruling elite · throne · state propaganda · cultural hegemony · decree · absolutism · chain of command
- Absolutismabsolute monarch, absolute rule, absolutism, autocracy, autocrat
- Statismstatism, government control, state control, big government, authoritarianism
- tyrannytyrant, despot, tyranny, dictator, autocracy
- Caesar's legacyRoman Empire, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Julian calendar, dictatorship
- Eastern PhilosophyTaoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism
- Gulf StatesSaudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait
centralized powerdecentralization
Distributing power from center
federalism · devolution · states' rights · home rule · subsidiarity
centralized powerdirect democracy
Voters decide policy personally
grassroots democracy · participatory democracy · anarchism · popular sovereignty · self-governance
power, center, central, centralize, centralization, decentralize, decentralization