- authoritarianism
- authoritarianism (n.) 1883; see AUTHORITARIAN (Cf. authoritarian) + -ISM (Cf. -ism). Early use mostly in communist jargon.
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authoritarianism — noun see authoritarian … New Collegiate Dictionary
authoritarianism — noun A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system … Wiktionary
authoritarianism — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule: absolutism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism. See OVER, POLITICS … English dictionary for students
authoritarianism — au|thor|i|tar|i|an|ism [ ɔ,θɔrı teriə,nızəm ] noun uncount the belief that people with power should control what other people can do, or a situation in which this happens … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
