authoritarianism
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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.
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Synonyms
dictatorshipdespotismtotalitarianismtyrannymonocracycaesarismstalinismabsolutismshogunateone-man ruletotalitarianautocracydespoticauthoritydominationcomprehensiveness
Associated
collectivismfalangeauthoritarianfujimoripopulismdemocratizationmilitarismnepotismfundamentalismindividualismconservatism