Elective dictatorship is a term used to describe a situation where a government appears to be democratic in name only, with power concentrated in the hands of a few individuals. There are many synonyms for this term, including autocracy, oligarchy, and tyranny. An autocracy is a government in which one person holds all the power, while an oligarchy is a government in which a small group of people hold all the power. Tyranny is a term used to describe a government that exercises extreme and oppressive control over its people. All of these terms can be used to describe a government that appears to be democratic but is actually controlled by a select few individuals.