Noun: Stalinism 'staa-li,ni-zum
- 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 Stalinism for decades";
- dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny
Encyclopedia: Stalinism