Authoritarianism

Noun

Word Frequency: 1.4

Definitions

1.NounA 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.

Synonyms

dictatorship despotism totalitarianism tyranny monocracy caesarism stalinism absolutism shogunate one-man rule totalitarian autocracy

Rhymes With

altruism skepticism mechanism despotism dynamism organism schism magnetism

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