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English noun: authoritarianism

1. authoritarianism (group) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)


Synonymsabsolutism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny


Broader (hypernym)autarchy, autocracy


Narrower (hyponym)police state









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