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authoritarianism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | absolutism, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
| Type of | autarchy, autocracy |
| Has types | police state |
Examples of authoritarianism
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They have a functional mix of top-down authoritarianism and bottom-up economics.
From the nbr.co.nz
Since authoritarianism divides, we always have the edge in an intellectual fight.
From the infowars.com
Eichhorn's life-long anti-authoritarianism seems to emerge from the experience.
From the time.com
It won't necessarily make them reflect on the world's growing authoritarianism.
From the infowars.com
Ukraine's apparent lurch towards authoritarianism has alarmed EU leaders and MPs.
From the guardian.co.uk
They also agree with Moore that agrarian societies tend towards authoritarianism.
From the economist.com
In West's view, Communism, like fascism, was merely a form of authoritarianism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
New kinds of authoritarianism may be just as likely as the flowering of democracy.
From the bbc.co.uk
Surely you meant to say suffocating paternalism and mindless authoritarianism.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Dictatorship: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- (authoritarian) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
- (authoritarian) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
- (authoritarian) expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
- Authoritarianism is a form of social organization characterized by submission to authority. It is opposed to individualism and democracy. ...
- (authoritarian) An organization or state which enforces strong or oppressive measures against its population; One who prefers, or one who enforces, absolute obedience to an authority; A totalitarian; Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority; Characterised by a tyrannical obedience ...
- (Authoritarian) 1. Of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority. 2. Of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people [Merriam-Webster]
- (Authoritarian) Any person or theory concerned with encouraging and enforcing obedience to an authority of some sort, and generally unconcerned with the advancement of liberty.
- (Authoritarian) Having leaders or higher authorities.
