Noun: shogunate show-gu-nut
- 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 shogunate for decades";
- dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
Derived forms: shogunates
Encyclopedia: Shogunate