Across
- 3. government in which one person possesses unlimited power
- 4. a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique
- 6. a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority
- 7. a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
- 9. a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes
- 10. a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
Down
- 1. a government having a hereditary chief of state with life tenure and powers varying from nominal to absolute
- 2. a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
- 5. of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (such as censorship and terrorism)
- 8. government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided