Power over all others.
The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
The quality of being supreme.
A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.
Absolute power, or its use.
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
Extreme severity or rigour.
A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.