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The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

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A government in which political power is exercised by a single individual whose rule is considered illegitimate. Urban Society

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Unlimited rule, totalitarian government, fascist government.

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Control of a country by one person or group with absolute power.

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a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

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a country that does not recognize individual rights, whose government holds

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a democracy where only one person is allowed to vote

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a despotic rule by a sole ruler

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a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique

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a form of government not a culture

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a form of government that may be adopted in certain configurations of class conflict

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a government headed by a dictator

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a government in which one person has nearly total power to make and enforce laws

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a government ruled by a single, tyrannical autocrat

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a government ruled by one commander

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an iron rule, with revolutionary daring, swift and merciless in the suppression of the exploiters as well as of the hooligans

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a very efficient form of government, and so is a oligarchy, but in those governments it can be very difficult for the views and opinions of the people to be heard

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A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority

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government by a ruler having absolute governmental authority, especially one considered tyrannical or oppressive

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A political system in which political leaders are not subject to a limited mandate, but have absolute power and authority. The citizens have no regular and realistic opportunity to replace such political leadership in a nonviolent manner.

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The dictator in the card art is the Maximum Leader from Steve Jackson Games' 1992 game Coup. [SMB,Th

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A system of govenment where power resides in the hands of an un-elected person or group maintained in power by force. See also: Democracy, Theocracy

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Government whose final authority rests in the hands of one supreme head. Usually a military leader.

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Government by force and fraud, as opposed to democracy, government by fraud and force.

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A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a dictator.

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