absolute rule
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As Arendt understood, the criminal state eliminates one of the final barriers to absolute rule.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024
But monitoring groups say there are no signs of a humanitarian crisis or social chaos that could threaten Kim’s absolute rule at home.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023
In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday.
From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2018
In 1576, Jean Bodin, an influential French writer, defined absolute rule:
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Thus his first ideas are those of absolute rule and of slavery.
From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Steeg, Jules