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    SHOGUNATE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    absolutism; authoritarianism; Caesarism; despotism; dictatorship; monocracy; one-man rule; shogunate; Stalinism; totalitarianism; tyranny

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("shogunate" is a kind of...):

    autarchy; autocracy (a political system governed by a single individual)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shogunate"):

    police state (a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police))

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