limited monarchy and aristocracy
Absolute monarchy (there are different types)
A government by absolute and arbitrary power is a a dictatorship.
An absolute government would be totalitarianism, or a dictatorship.
It is more of a privilege than an absolute power because of the checks and balances in the government. (Checks and balances is were different branches of the government [executive, judicial, legislative] have to go through each other to get things done within the government) -Sprat
The king of Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarch who has great power in the exercise of government.
an oligarchy government is different because a small group of people rule, and in a absolute monarchy you inherit the position with unlimited power.
Absolute Monarchy
Under the reign of Louis XIV the government in France was an Absolute Monarchy.
A government where absolute power is exercised can an an absolute monarchy, an autocracy or a dictatorship.
Absolute Monarchy or Absolutism
There is no similarity. It was an absolute monarchy.
The UK has a monarch, but the 'goverment' is elected. This is different to an absolute monarchy, where the king or queen makes the laws.