authoritarianism
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- noun
- /ˌɔːθəˈrɪtɛriənɪzəm/
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autoritarismo
- As Ukraine was rejecting the authoritarianism of Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovych, Russia was embracing it under Putin.
- authoritarianism over democracy
- Arab authoritarianism
- authoritarianism and corporatism
This is total fascist authoritarianism and it has arrived and it is at our doorstep.
- This is total fascist authoritarianism and it has arrived and it is at our doorstep.
- We need to have absolute democracy and not authoritarianism.
- OK, I bring this up because you guys are really flirting with authoritarianism.
- Or maybe that's a resistance mechanism to slipping into authoritarianism.
- Authoritarianism in the Internet age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.
- Let's talk about those who value liberty against those who value authoritarianism.
- So even though he was a very committed communist, he also was very and increasingly skeptical of authoritarianism.
- And attempting to erase the line between fact and fiction, truth and an alternative reality, is a core feature of authoritarianism.
- Again, all of this is historically proven when you study authoritarianism as to what they do.
- And their system is a state driven economic model and centralized control and authoritarianism.
- And there's a very high correlation between the dark tetrad personality traits and left wing authoritarianism.
Examples
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From the early 1990s, a vast literature arose to explain the persistence of authoritarianism in the Middle East.
Academic text (2013) -
Egypt has slid back towards authoritarianism.
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This is a war of two systems, authoritarianism and democracy.
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And during the US election campaign, there were increasing concerns about rising authoritarianism in the US.
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In the context of authoritarianism and civil war, political parties and unions made strategic decisions.
Academic text (1999) -
If there is any causal relationship between authoritarianism and economic growth in Russia, it is negative.
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Historically, their popularity has increased with authoritarianism and decreased with free and fair elections.
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This is a negotiated settlement, a negotiated transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
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In reality, however, the opposite occurred: President Saleh's victory was a triumph of authoritarianism over democracy.
Academic text (1994) -
In recent years, many citizens have expressed their discontent with the government's drift towards authoritarianism.
Synonyms
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4.8
A government where one person or a small group has all power and does not allow political opposition
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One person or a small group rules a country cruelly
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9.3
A government that controls nearly all parts of people's lives and takes away personal freedom
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9.6
A government where one person or group has all power and rules cruelly
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A government where one leader or a small group holds power and limits people's freedoms
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A government in which one person has all power
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A system where one ruler has complete power
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A government where one person has all power and others cannot oppose them
A government where one person has all power over the country and no limits
A government where one person has all the power and decides everything
Belief that the government should control every part of people's lives
Antonyms
How Authoritarian
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
authoritarianism = authoritarian (transparent) = authority + arian + ism
Clear nominalization of the adjective 'authoritarian' to denote an ideology, system, or doctrine.
Etymology
Authoritarianism comes from authority ('power to tell people what to do') and the ending -ism ('system or belief'), so think of it as the idea of authority made into a system. So, authoritarianism means a system where one leader or a small group keep most of the power and limit people's freedom.