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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| authoritarianism | xxx/xxxx | Noun |
| totalitarianism | xxx/xxxx | Noun, Noun |
| dictatorship | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| tyranny | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| shogunate | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| stalinism | /xxx | Noun, Name |
| absolutism | /xxxx | Name, Noun |
| autocracy | x/xx | Noun |
| despotic | x/x | Adjective |
| despot | /x | Noun |
| barbarism | /xxx | Noun |
| statism | /xx | Noun |
| monarchical | /xxx | Adjective |
| tyrant | /x | Noun |
| servility | /xxx | Noun |
| oligarchy | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| totalitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| imbecility | /x/xx | Noun |
| anarchy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| barbarity | x/xx | Noun |
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective |
| fascism | /xx | Noun |
| theocracy | x/xx | Noun |
| feudalism | /xxx | Noun |
| autocrat | /xx | Noun |
| misrule | x/ | Noun |
| serfdom | /x | Noun |
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| democracy | x/xx | Noun |
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| imperialism | x/xxxx | Noun |
| rapacity | x/xx | Noun |
| monarchy | /xx | Noun |
| disunion | x/x | Noun |
| licentiousness | x/xx | Noun |
| monarchic | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| usurpation | xx/x | Noun |
| republicanism | x/xxxx | Noun |
| baseness | /x | Noun |
| communism | /xxx | Noun |
| servitude | /xx | Noun |
| repression | x/x | Noun |
| oligarchic | /xxx | Adjective |
| dictator | x/x | Noun |
| impiety | x/xx | Noun |
| unreason | x/x | Noun |
| subjection | x/x | Noun |
| socialism | /xxx | Noun |
| interventionism | xx/xxx | Noun |
| corporatism | /xxxx | Noun |
| subjugation | /x/x | Noun |
| theocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| centralism | /xxx | Noun |
| indolence | /xx | Noun |
| subservience | x/xx | Noun |
| collectivism | x/xxx | Noun |
| imposture | x/x | Noun |
| malignity | x/xx | Noun |
| fanaticism | x/xxx | Noun |
| counterrevolution | xxxx/x | Noun |
| slavery | /xx | Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| paternalism | x/xxx | Noun |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| domination | xx/x | Noun |
| backwardness | /xx | Noun |
| egotism | /xxx | Noun |
| feebleness | /xx | Noun |
| avarice | /xx | Noun |
| police state | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| enlightened | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| oriental | xx/x | Adjective |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| warred | / | Verb |
| tudors | /x | Name |
| minions | /x | Noun |
| popery | /xx | Noun |
| soulless | /x | Adjective |
| caesars | /x | Name |
| yoke | / | Noun |
| degenerating | x/xxx | Verb |
| tempered | /x | Verb |
| shamed | / | Verb |
| petticoat | /xx | Noun |
| unremitting | xx/x | Adjective |
| arbitrariness | /xxxx | Noun |
| detestation | x//x | Noun |
| cultivator | /xxx | Noun |
| superstition | xx/x | Noun |
| proclaims | x/ | Verb |
| tsarist | xx | Adjective |
| caprice | x/ | Noun |
| mercy | /x | Noun, Verb |
| overlord | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| supremacy | x/xx | Noun |
| tutelage | /xx | Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
