ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual

police state - a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)

ideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school