dictatorship

noun4

1. •
   A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
2. •
   A government which exercises autocratic rule.

   • There were no elections during Franco's dictatorship.
3. •
   Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.
4. •
   Total authority, control, or domination.

   • It has had a deplorable effect in furnishing pretexts for the stifling of all independent philosophical thought and in establishing the party's dictatorship over science and culture in every sphere. — 1978