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One-man Rule

Definition: One-man Rule

One-man Rule

Noun

1. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: One-man Rule

Synonyms: absolutism (n), authoritarianism (n), despotism (n), dictatorship (n), monocracy (n), shogunate (n), totalitarianism (n), tyranny (n). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: One-man Rule

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Economic History

Seychelles

Rene took power by coup d'etat in 1977; after 16 years of one-man rule, he was elected president of the new multi-party democracy in 1993 and again in 1998. Opposition parties function freely but are largely ineffective. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: One-man Rule

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n-n-o-r-u"

-2 letters: aleurone, neuronal, noumenal.

-3 letters: aleuron, almoner, anemone, aureole, enamour, moneran, morulae, neuroma, neurone, noumena, numeral, unlearn, unmoral.

-4 letters: almner, areole, enamel, enamor, lanner, leaner, loaner, manner, manure, mauler, meaner, merlon, moaner, morale, moreen, morula, neural, neuron, normal, nounal, reloan, relume, rename, ronnel, runnel, unreal, unreel.

-5 letters: alone, ameer, amole, amour, anele, annul, anole, enema.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n-n-o-r-u"
 

+2 letters: nomenclature.

 

+3 letters: nomenclatures, nonmeasurable.

 

+5 letters: incommensurable, pleuropneumonia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: One-man Rule


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 6E 65 2D 6D 61 6E      52 75 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01101110 01100101 00101101 01101101 01100001 01101110 00100000 01010010 01110101 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#110 &#101 &#45 &#109 &#97 &#110 &#32 &#82 &#117 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 006E 0065 002D 006D 0061 006E      0052 0075 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

49807115796780252877871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Anagrams 		5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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