AUTONOMY

(N)

INDEPENDENCE;

BEING SELF-GOVERNING

DESPOT

(N)

A RULER HAVING ABSOLUTE POWER OR AUTHORITY

FEUDAL

(ADJ)

CHARACTERIZED BY A SYSTEM IN WHICH A PERSON, IN EXCHANGE FOR LAND CONTROL, OWES SERVICE AND LOYALTY

HEGEMONY

(N)

DOMINION OR CONTROL

HIERARCHY

(N)

AN ORDER OF PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO AUTHORITY, RANK, OR IMPORANCE

PREROGATIVE

(N)

A RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE

REGIME

(N)

A GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER

ORGAN IN POWER

SOVEREIGN

(N)

THE CHIEF OF STATE,

USUALLY IN A MONARCHY

TOTALITARIAN

(ADJ)

REFERRING TO A GOVERNMENT THAT EXERCISES COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE

USURP

(V)

TO SEIZE AND RETAIN THE RIGHTS, POWER, PROPERTY, OR POSITION OF ANOTHER WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY