Definitions of form of government
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the members of a social organization who are in power
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synonyms:
political system
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types:
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autarchy, autocracy
a political system governed by a single individual
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constitutionalism
a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)
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commonwealth, democracy, republic
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
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diarchy, dyarchy
a form of government having two joint rulers
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gerontocracy
a political system governed by old men
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gynarchy, gynecocracy
a political system governed by a woman
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hegemony
the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
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mobocracy, ochlocracy
a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
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oligarchy
a political system governed by a few people
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plutocracy
a political system governed by the wealthy people
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republic
a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
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technocracy
a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
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theocracy
a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
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Weimar Republic
the German republic founded at Weimar in 1919
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church-state
a state ruled by religious authority
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hierocracy
a ruling body composed of clergy
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parliamentary democracy
a democracy having a parliament
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monarchy
an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
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Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny
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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social group
people sharing some social relation
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