1. Noun
Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.
2. Noun
Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
3. Noun
Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
4. Noun
The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.
5. Noun
a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
Vocabulary classified under Politics and government
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