[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shogunate \shogun"ate\ sh=og=oon"aslt, n.
   the office or dignity of a shogun. written also
   siogoonate.
   1913 webster
see also:
siogoonate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shogunate
     n : a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
         dictator not restricted by a constitution or laws or
         opposition etc. syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism,
          caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, stalinism,
          totalitarianism, tyranny
see also:
dictatorship absolutism authoritarianism caesarism despotism monocracy 
one-man rule stalinism totalitarianism tyranny 

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