According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
DICTATORSHIP
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
(noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dictatorship (plural dictatorships)
A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
A government which exercises autocratic rule.
Any household, institution, or other organization that is run under such sovereignty or autocracy.
Synonyms
• autocracy
• dictatorialism
Source: Wiktionary
Dic*ta"tor*ship, n.
Definition: The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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