junta

(noun)

The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

Related Terms

  • technocracy
  • meritocracy
  • oligarchy

Examples of junta in the following topics:

  • Non-Democratic Governments: Monarchy, Oligarchy, Technocracy, and Theocracy

    • Forms of government and other political structures associated with oligarchy usually include aristocracy, meritocracy, plutocracy, military junta, technocracy, and theocracy.
  • Non-Democratic Governments: Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism, and Dictatorship

    • The term 'an authoritarian regime' denotes a state in which the single power holder - an individual 'dictator,' a committee or a junta or an otherwise small group of political elite - monopolizes political power.
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