Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| absolutism | the doctrine of government by a single absolute ruler. |
| absolutistic | relating to absolutism. |
| anarch | (Arch.) one who practises anarchy. |
| anarchic | relating to anarchy, the complete absence of law or government. |
| anarchically | (Adv.) ANARCHIC, relating to anarchy, the complete absence of law or government. |
| anarchise | to reduce to anarchy. |
| anarchist | one who advocates anarchy or aims at the overthrow of civil government. |
| anarchistic | relating to an anarchist. |
| anarchistically | (Adv.) ANARCHISTIC, relating to an anarchist. |
| anarchize | to reduce to anarchy. |
| anarchy | the complete absence of law or government. |
| antifascist | one who opposes fascism. |
| archology | the science of the origins of government. |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class. |
| aristocratic | belonging to an aristocracy. |
| aristocratical | belonging to an aristocracy. |
| aristocratism | the spirit of, practices of, or belief in aristocracy. |
| autarchic | relating to autarchy, absolute sovereignty. |
| autarchical | relating to autarchy, absolute sovereignty. |
| autarchist | one who practises autarchy. |
| autarchy | absolute sovereignty. |
| autarkic | self-sufficient; independent. |
| autarkical | relating to autarky, absolute sovereignty. |
| autarkist | one who is autarkic, self-sufficient. |
| autarky | a policy of national self-sufficiency and non-reliance on imports or economic aid. |
| autocephaly | self-government. |
| autocracy | government by one individual. |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy. |
| autocratical | of, relating to, or being an autocracy. |
| autonomic | self-governing. |
| autonomical | self-governing. |
| autonomically | (Adv.) AUTONOMICAL, self-governing. |
| autonomy | the power or right of self-government. |
| bicameralist | a supporter of bicameralism. |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelective government officials. |
| caciquism | government by a cacique, a West Indian or American Indian chief. |
| centralism | the tendency or policy of administering by the sovereign or central government matters which would be otherwise under local management. |
| centralist | an adherent of centralism, the centralization of authority. |
| centralistic | relating to centralism. |
| centumvirate | a body of a hundred men. |
| chrysocracy | the rule of wealth; plutocracy. |
| circar | (Urdu) the state or government; the authorities. |
| civicism | the principle of civil government. |
| civics | the science of civil government. |
| cleptocracy | rule by thieves. |
| closure | the act of closing; (verb) to apply closure to a parliamentary debate. |
| communist | one who believes in communism. |
| concordat | (Fr.) an agreement between the pope and a secular government. |
| consular | of or pertaining to a consul; (noun) a person of consular rank. |
| coregent | one sharing a regency. |
| cottonocracy | rule by cotton producers. |
| curialism | the system of government of curia. |
| curialist | one who advocates curialism, the system of government of curia. |
| curialistic | relating to curialism. |
| czarist | a supporter of the czar. |
| decommunisation | the act or process of decommunising. |
| decommunise | to remove communist politics or influence from (a person or country). |
| decommunization | the act or process of decommunizing. |
| decommunize | to remove communist politics or influence from (a person or country). |
| democracy | a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively. |
| democratic | related to democracy. |
| democratical | related to democracy. |
| democratically | (Adv.) DEMOCRATICAL, related to democracy. |
| democratise | to make democratic. |
| democratist | a democrat. |
| democratize | to make democratic. |
| democraty | (Milton) democracy. |
| demonocracy | government by demons or evil forces. |
| departement | (Fr.) an administrative department. |
| despotism | absolute power; a state governed by a despot. |
| despotocracy | rulership by despots or tyrants. |
| devo | (Short for) devolution, as in devo max, an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it. |
| diarchal | relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people. |
| diarchic | relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people. |
| diarchical | relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people. |
| diarchy | rulership by two people. |
| dinarchy | rulership by two people. |
| dollarocracy | rule by the dollar. |
| doulocracy | a government formed of privileged slaves. |
| duarchy | government by two persons. |
| dulocracy | a government formed of privileged slaves. |
| duma | (Russian) the Russian parliament. |
| duumvirate | government or control by two people. |
| dyarchal | relating to a dyarchy, government by two persons. |
| dyarchic | relating to a dyarchy, government by two persons. |
| dyarchical | relating to a diarchy, rulership by two people. |
| dyarchy | government by two persons. |
| elect | chosen, taken by preference; (noun) those chosen; (verb) to select by vote for an office. |
| endarchy | centralised government. |
| ergatocracy | government by the workers or the working class. |
| ethnarchy | the dominion of an ethnarch. |
| eurocrat | a senior member of the administration of the European Union. |
| exarchy | the office, jurisdiction or province of an exarch. |
| exequatur | (Lat.) an official recognition of a consul or commercial agent given by the government of the country in which he or she is to be based. |
| fascism | an oppressive political system. |
| fascismo | (Ital.) the authoritarian form of government in Italy from 1922-1943. |
| fascist | any person with right-wing authoritarian political views. |
| fascistic | of or like a fascist. |
| fascistically | (Adv.) FASCISTIC, of or like a fascist. |
| federal | relating to or consisting of a treaty or covenant (noun) a supporter of federation; a Unionist soldier in the American Civil War |
| federally | (Adv.) FEDERAL, relating to or consisting of a treaty or covenant. |
| federation | a federal government. |
| fidelismo | belief in the principles of Fidel Castro. |
| fidelista | a believer in the principles of Fidel Castro. |
| gerontocracy | government by the aged. |
| gerontocrat | a member of a gerontocracy, government by the aged. |
| gerontocratic | relating to gerontocracy. |
| governall | (Spenser) government. |
| governance | exercise of authority; government. |
| government | a group in a parliamentary system constituted by the cabinet or by the ministry. |
| governmental | relating to government. |
| governmentalize | to make governmental. |
| governmentally | (Adv.) GOVERNMENTAL, relating to government. |
| gynaecocracy | government by women. |
| gynaecocratic | relating to a gynaecocracy. |
| gynarchic | relating to gynarchy, government by women. |
| gynarchy | government by women. |
| gynecocracy | government by women. |
| gynecocratic | relating to gynecocracy. |
| gynocracy | government by women. |
| gynocratic | relating to gynocracy, female rule. |
| hagiarchy | government by holy persons. |
| hagiocracy | government by holy persons. |
| hegemonial | relating to a hegemony. |
| hegemonic | relating to a hegemony. |
| hegemonical | relating to a hegemony. |
| hegemonism | the state of being a hegemony. |
| hegemonist | one who exercises a hegemony. |
| hegemony | (Greek) the leadership of one state within a confederacy; the (unjust) domination of one group by another. |
| heptarchal | of or like a heptarchy, government by seven persons. |
| heptarchic | of or like a heptarchy, government by seven persons. |
| heptarchist | a ruler in a heptarchy. |
| heptarchy | government by seven persons; a group of seven allied but independent kingdoms, esp of Anglo-Saxon England. |
| hierarchy | a body or organization classified in successively subordinate grades. |
| hierocracy | government by priests or religious ministers. |
| hierocratic | relating to government by clerics. |
| hierocratical | of or like a hierocracy, government by priests or religious ministers. |
| jaghir | (Hindi) the government revenues of a tract of land assigned with power to administer. |
| jaghirdar | (Hindi) the holder of a jaghir, in Pakistan, a village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person. |
| jaghire | (Hindi) the government revenues of a tract of land assigned with power to administer. |
| jagir | (Hindi) the government revenues of a tract of land assigned with power to administer. |
| janizarian | of or pertaining to the janizaries, or their government. |
| jawbone | to engage in jawboning, i.e. governmental urging of industry to accept wage restraints etc. |
| jawboner | one who engages in jawboning, i.e. governmental urging of industry to accept wage restraints etc. |
| kaiserism | the system of having a kaiser. |
| kakistocracy | government by the worst men of the state. |
| kleptocracy | a government by the corrupt in which rulers use their official positions for personal gain. |
| kleptocratic | of or like a kleptocracy, a government characterized by rampant greed and corruption. |
| matriarchy | government by women. |
| mediocracy | government by the mediocre; a system within which mediocrity is rewarded. |
| meritocracy | government by the meritorious. |
| meritocratic | relating to meritocracy. |
| militarism | reliance on military force in administering government. |
| militaristic | relating to militarism. |
| millocracy | the body of mill-owners regarded as a dominant or ruling class. |
| millocrat | a member of the millocracy, the body of mill-owners regarded as a dominant or ruling class. |
| misgovern | to govern wrongly. |
| misgovernance | misgovernment. |
| mobocracy | government by mobs or crowds. |
| mobocrat | one who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint. |
| mobocratic | relating to mobocracy, government by mobs or crowds. |
| mobocratical | relating to mobocracy, government by mobs or crowds. |
| monarchical | relating to monarchy. |
| monarchically | (Adv.) MONARCHICAL, relating to monarchy. |
| monarchy | government by one individual. |
| monocracy | rulership by one individual. |
| monocrat | one who governs alone. |
| monocratic | autocratic. |
| nabobism | (Urdu) the system of having nabobs. |
| neocolonial | of or like neocolonialism. |
| neocolonialism | the quasi-colonialism practised by strong powers in dominating weaker, though politically independent, states by means of economic pressure. |
| neocolonialist | an upholder of neocolonialism. |
| nomocracy | the rule of law; government based on legal system. |
| nonparty | not related to a party; (noun) something that is not a (political) party. |
| ochlocracy | government by the mob. |
| ochlocratic | relating to ochlocracy, rule by the mob. |
| ochlocratical | relating to ochlocracy, rule by the mob. |
| ochlocratically | (Adv.) OCHLOCRATIC, relating to rule by the mob. |
| octarchy | government by eight persons; an alliance of eight independent governments. |
| oligarch | a member of an oligarchy. |
| oligarchal | of or like an oligarchy. |
| oligarchic | of or like an oligarchy. |
| oligarchy | a government in which a few people control all power. |
| pantisocracy | government by all equally. |
| pantisocrat | a member of a pantisocracy. |
| pantisocratic | relating to pantisocracy. |
| pantisocratical | relating to pantisocracy. |
| pantisocratist | an upholder of pantisocracy, government by all equally. |
| parlement | parliament. |
| parliament | a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs. |
| parliamentarily | (Adv.) PARLIAMENTARY, of or relating to a parliament. |
| parliamentarism | belief in the parliamentary system. |
| parliamentary | of or relating to a parliament. |
| patriarchism | government by a patriarch. |
| patriarchy | the jurisdiction of a patriarch. |
| patriate | to transfer control over (a constitution) from a mother country to its former dependency. |
| pedantocracy | government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars. |
| pedantocrat | a member of the pedantocracy. |
| pedantocratic | relating to pedantocracy, government by pedants. |
| pentarch | a member of a pentarchy, government by five persons. |
| pentarchical | relating to a pentarchy, government by five individuals. |
| pentarchy | government by five individuals. |
| phylarchy | the office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe. |
| physiocracy | government that does not interfere with the operation of supposed natural laws. |
| plantocracy | government by plantation owners. |
| plutocracy | rulership by the wealthy. |
| plutocrat | a member of the wealthy ruling class. |
| plutocratic | relating to the plutocracy. |
| plutocratical | relating to the plutocracy. |
| plutocratically | (Adv.) PLUTOCRATICAL, relating to the plutocracy. |
| poll | the taking of a vote; (verb) to question for the purpose of surveying public opinion. |
| polyarchy | government by many people. |
| postcoup | taking place after a coup. |
| pradhan | (Hindi) (in India) a chief or leader. |
| promonarchist | in favour of monarchy. |
| ptochocracy | government by the poor. |
| quadrumvir | a member of a quadrumvirate. |
| quadrumvirate | a group of four men acting together in some capacity. |
| quango | a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization. |
| quangocracy | government by quango. |
| regence | (Obs.) government. |
| regency | the period during which a regent governs. |
| regime | a system of government. |
| regimen | (Lat.) rule, governance. |
| regnum | (Lat.) reign, dominion. |
| renvoi | (Fr.) a sending back by a government of an alien to his or her own country. |
| republic | a constitutional form of government. |
| republican | one that favors or supports a republican form of government. |
| republicanism | adherence to or sympathy for a republican form of government. |
| rule | a regulation; a straight edge for drawing lines (verb) to exercise control over |
| sachemdom | the government or jurisdiction of a sachem. |
| satrapy | the government or jurisdiction of a satrap. |
| seignory | feudal lordship. |
| septemvirate | government by, or group of, seven men. |
| signiory | feudal lordship. |
| signoria | (Ital.) the governing body of any of various medieval Italian republics, esp Venice. |
| signorial | relating to a signoria, the governing body of any of various medieval Italian republics, esp Venice. |
| sirkar | (Urdu) the state or government; the authorities. |
| slavocracy | slave-owners collectively. |
| slavocrat | a slave-owner. |
| snobbocracy | government by snobs. |
| snobocracy | government by snobs. |
| sovietism | the principles and practice of soviet government. |
| sovietist | a believer in sovietism, the principles and practice of Soviet government. |
| sovietistic | relating to sovietism, the principles and practice of soviet government. |
| squattocracy | (Aust.) the powerful landowning class. |
| squirarchy | squires collectively. |
| statism | central government. |
| stratocracy | government by the military. |
| stratocrat | a member of a stratocracy, military rule or despotism. |
| stratocratic | relating to a stratocracy, government by the military. |
| suffect | (Lat.) of a Roman consul, elected during the official year; (noun) in ancient Rome, an additional or suffect consul. |
| svaraj | (Sanskrit) self-government, home rule. |
| swaraj | (Sanskrit) self-government, home rule. |
| swarajist | one who adhered to swaraj, the policy of Indian political independence. |
| synarchy | joint sovereignty. |
| technocracy | government by technical experts. |
| tetrarchy | government by four people. |
| thalassocracy | sovereignty of the seas. |
| thalattocracy | sovereignty of the seas. |
| thearchy | rule by a god or gods; a body of divine rulers. |
| theocon | a conservative who believes that religion should play a major role in forming and implementing public policy. |
| theocracy | government by priests or by religious law. |
| theocratical | relating to a theocrat. |
| theocratically | (Adv.) THEOCRATICAL, relating to theocracy. |
| timocracy | a state in which possession of property is required for participation in government. |
| timocratic | relating to timocracy. |
| timocratical | relating to timocracy. |
| totalism | centralized control by an autocratic authority. |
| totalist | one who believes in totalism, centralized control by an autocratic authority. |
| totalitarian | an advocate or practitioner of totalitarianism. |
| triarchy | government by three people. |
| tridominium | (Lat.) threefold rule. |
| trierarchy | the civic obligation to fit out ships. |
| tsarism | a belief in the system of having a tsar. |
| tsarist | a supporter of the tsar. |
| tzarism | the office of tzar. |
| tzarist | a supporter of the tzar. |
| ultraleftism | support of the extreme left. |
| ultraleftist | one who supports the extreme Left. |
| ultraliberal | one who is extremely liberal in politics. |
| ultraradical | extrmeley rdical; (noun) one who is extremely radical. |
| unicameral | of a legislative assembly, having, or consisting of, a single chamber. |
| unicameralism | the state of being unicameral, having, or consisting of, a single chamber. |
| unicamerally | (Adv.) UNICAMERAL, having, or consisting of, a single chamber. |
| unpolicied | not having civil polity, or a regular form of government. |
| unrule | anarchy. |
| valorise | to establish and maintain the price of commodity by governmental action. |
| valorize | to establish and maintain the price of commodity by governmental action. |
| vichyssois | (Fr.) of the Vichyite government. |
| warlordism | a system of rule by warlords. |
| witenagemot | (OE) an early English national council. |