Stalinism
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The Communist philosophy espoused by Soviet Leader Josef Stalin. The act or state of living in accord with the philosophies of Stalin. Totalitarianism, by extension from the rigid governing methods of Stalin.
Despotism
Part of speech: noun
Definition: government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power
Example sentence: The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.