Alleinherrschaft — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absolutism noun Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
- autocracy noun A system of government in which one person holds complete power and is not meaningfully answerable to voters, courts or a parliament.
Senses
Alleinherrschaft is used for these senses in English:
- absolutism (political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
- autocracy (uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
absolutism — full definition
- noun Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
- noun The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism.
- noun Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
- noun Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
autocracy — full definition
- noun A system of government in which one person holds complete power and is not meaningfully answerable to voters, courts or a parliament.
- noun A country or organisation ruled in this way.
- noun Domineering control exercised by one person in a smaller setting such as a company or household.