Forms Of Government Vocabulary

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.

Government by a single person having unlimited power.

Government by a hereditary ruling class.

Government by the wealthy.

A government ruled or subject to religious authority.

Government by a sovereign such as a king or empress, usually for life and by hereditary right.

Government by a few, especially by a small faction or persons of families.

Absence of any form of political authority.

A political order whose head of state is not hereditary and in modern times is usually a president, who represents the interests of the people.

A state or government ruled by an absolute ruler.

An economic system (not government) in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and trade in capital goods (including goods, land, labor) happens in a relatively free market (free from government control).

A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single party holds power, claiming to make progress towards a higher social order in which all goods are equally (communally) shared by the people.

Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or centralized governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.

A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent and socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.