| LC control no. | sh 85037238 |
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| LC classification | JC381 |
| Topical heading | Despotism |
| Variant(s) | Absolutism Autocracy Tyranny |
| See also | Authoritarianism Dictatorship Totalitarianism |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on rule by a monarch with absolute, unlimited power. Works on government by a non-monarchical ruler with absolute, unlimited power are entered under Dictatorship. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Dictatorship |
| Found in | Tullock, G. Autocracy, 1987. Random House dict. (despot: a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power) Web. 3 (Autocracy. A form of government in which one person possesses unlimited power--compare Absolutism) |
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