one-party rule
Monopolized political power
One-party rule is a political system where a single party holds all governing power, either by law or through suppression of opposition.
The term typically describes authoritarian regimes: Cuba has been under one-party rule since 1959.
It can also describe regions within democracies where one party dominates elections so thoroughly that meaningful competition disappears.
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
- regimeSystem of governance
- autocracyRule by one
strongman · propaganda · censorship · thought police · elections · rigged · oppression · political prisoner · dissent · tyranny · iron fist · secret police · police state · cult of personality · personality cult · state control · suppression · despot
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- CubaOld Havana, Cuban identity, Cuban heritage, Guantanamera, Cuban coffee
- Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler, Hitler, Nazi, Nazis, Nazi Germany
- Soviet EraUSSR, Soviet Union, CCCP, Eastern Bloc, Soviets
- Soviet UnionKremlin, Lenin, Stalin, KGB, Sputnik
one-party ruletwo-party system
Governance dominated by two factions
parliamentary democracy · coalition government · multi-party system · free elections · proportional representation
one-party rulepower-sharing
Jointly held governmental authority
divided government · checks and balances · separation of powers · constitutional democracy · federalism
one-party ruleliberal democracy
Rights-based elected governance
free society · open society · political freedom · democratic governance · representative democracy
party, rule, parties, partied, partying, partisan, partisanship, bipartisan, rules