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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| despotic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective | 
| dictator | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| domineering | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| undemocratic | xxx/x | Adjective, Adjective | 
| totalitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| repressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| theocratic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| autocracy | x/xx | Noun | 
| paternalistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| militaristic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| dictatorship | x/xx | Noun | 
| illiberal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| antidemocratic | xxxx/x | Adjective | 
| technocratic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| oligarchic | /xxx | Adjective | 
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective | 
| autocrat | /xx | Noun | 
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective | 
| coercive | x/x | Adjective | 
| democratic | xx/x | Name | 
| statist | /x | Name | 
| communist | /xx | Noun | 
| monarchical | /xxx | Adjective | 
| socialistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| monarchic | /xx | Noun | 
| corporatist | /xxx | Noun | 
| oppositional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| patriarchal | xx/x | Adjective | 
| collectivist | x/xx | Noun | 
| leftist | /x | Adjective | 
| stalinist | /xx | Name | 
| hegemonic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| anarchic | x/x | Adjective | 
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective | 
| neoliberal | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| narcissistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| hierarchical | x/xx | Adjective | 
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective | 
| fundamentalist | xx/xx | Noun | 
| populist | /xx | Noun | 
| capitalistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| rightist | /x | Noun | 
| aristocratic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| political | x/xx | Adjective | 
| extremist | x/x | Noun | 
| constitutionalist | xx/xxx | Noun | 
| imperialist | x/xxx | Noun | 
| pharaonic | xx/x | Noun | 
| institutional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| ascetic | x/x | Noun | 
| territorial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| lordly | /x | Adjective | 
| authorial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| ideological | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| politic | /xx | Noun | 
| ambassadorial | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| capitalist | /xxx | Noun | 
| nationalistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| essentialist | x/xx | Noun | 
| dystopian | //xx | Adjective | 
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective | 
| legalistic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| novo | /x | Name | 
| statism | /xx | Noun | 
| regimes | x/ | Noun | 
| parenting | /xx | Noun | 
| submissiveness | x/xx | Noun | 
| habitus | /xx | Noun | 
| personality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| rule | / | Noun | 
| disciplined | /xx | Verb | 
| regimentation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| imposition | xx/x | Noun | 
| dogmatism | /xxx | Noun | 
| proclivities | x/xx | Noun | 
| incumbents | x/x | Noun | 
| patriarchy | /xxx | Noun | 
| tendencies | /xx | Noun | 
| technics | /x | Noun | 
| submission | x/x | Noun | 
| enclaves | /x | Noun | 
| lap | / | Noun | 
| polities | /xx | Noun | 
| governments | /xx | Noun | 
| legacies | /xx | Noun | 
| rulers | /x | Noun | 
| socialism | /xxx | Noun | 
| streak | / | Noun | 
| communism | /xxx | Noun | 
| leanings | /x | Noun | 
| monarchies | /xx | Noun | 
| backlash | /x | Noun | 
| bent | / | Noun | 
| upbringing | /xx | Noun | 
| predispositions | xxx/x | Noun | 
| dictates | x/ | Noun | 
| conservatism | x/xxx | Noun | 
| leadership | /xx | Noun | 
| characterized | /xxx | Verb | 
| patriarch | /xx | Noun | 
| modernization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| mentality | x/xx | Noun | 
| chile | /x | Name | 
| repression | x/x | Noun | 
| brazil | x/ | Name | 
| nationalist | /xxx | Noun | 
| atmospheres | xx/ | Noun | 
| ideologies | xx/xx | Noun | 
| attitudes | /xx | Noun | 
| catholicism | x/xxx | Name | 
| style | / | Noun | 
| centralization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| pedagogy | /xxx | Noun | 
| father | /x | Noun | 
| elites | x/ | Noun | 
| dogma | /x | Noun | 
| stance | / | Noun | 
| overtones | /xx | Noun | 
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| arians | /xx | Name | 
| assertive | x/x | Adjective | 
| authoritative | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| backsliding | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| big brother | //x | Name, Name | 
| bossy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| bourgeois | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| calvinism | /xxx | Name | 
| controlling | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| disciplinarian | xxx/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| egalitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| elitism | /xxx | Noun | 
| interventionist | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| legalism | /xxx | Noun | 
| managerialism | xx/xxxx | Noun | 
| martinet | x/x | Noun | 
| moralist | /xx | Noun | 
| protectionist | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| tsar | / | Noun | 
| tyrant | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cloth | / | Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| oh | / | Noun, Verb | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
