专制 zhuānzhì autocracy
autocracy; dictatorship
How to remember 专制: 专 concentrated + 制 system = autocracy.
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How it is used
- Autocracy, despotic rule - 封建专制 (fēngjiàn zhuānzhì) feudal autocracy; 专制统治 (zhuānzhì tǒngzhì) despotic rule.
- Political term, usually negative; also used of a domineering person: 专制的父亲 (a tyrannical father).
- Contrast 民主 (mínzhǔ, democracy), its standard opposite; don't confuse with 专政 (zhuānzhèng, dictatorship in the Marxist sense).