Source : WordNet®

one-man rule
     n : a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
         dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
         opposition etc.) [syn: {dictatorship}, {absolutism}, {authoritarianism},
          {Caesarism}, {despotism}, {monocracy}, {shogunate}, {Stalinism},
          {totalitarianism}, {tyranny}]