tyrannic

1. In lasted over 2000 years in China, the supervision system played important roles in strengthening empire reign, maintaining tyrannic central power, punishing corruption, revivifying official system and sustaining the operation of feudal national machine.
   在中国二千多年的历史长河中，监察制度对巩固皇权统治、维护专制集权及惩贪反腐、整饬吏治，维护封建国家机器的正常运转等方面起到了重要的作用。

adj

1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
   1. an authoritarian regime
   2. autocratic government
   3. despotic rulers
   4. a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
   5. a tyrannical government

   Synonym:    authoritarianautocraticdictatorialdespotictyrannical