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What does absolute monarchy mean?

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Noun
  1. A state over which a sole monarch has absolute and unlimited power.
  2. (uncountable) The rule of such a monarch, as a form of government.
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Ever since the absolute monarchy was abolished by a military putsch in 1974, the country has been in a state of constant instability.
Restored to his throne by CIA intervention, the shah presided over an oppressive absolute monarchy.
In Riyadh, the absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia walks a fine line to maintain power.
In a word, no distinction was now drawn between despotism, tyranny, and absolute monarchy.
Prior to independence and before the partial democratic dispensation of the British the country had been ruled by absolute monarchy, stretched for centuries.
Some have called for an appointed government and even a return to absolute monarchy.

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