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Noun: Caesarism  'see-zu,ri-zum
  1. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition etc.)
    "The country suffered under a brutal Caesarism for decades";
    - dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny

Type of: autarchy, autocracy

Encyclopedia: Caesarism