Synonyms for authoritarianism
au·thor·i·tar·i·an·ism

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1. dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyrannynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   shogunate, totalism, dictatorship, one-man rule, tyranny, absolutism, despotism, monocracy, totalitarianism

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1. • Autocracy

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1. List of paraphrases for "authoritarianism":

   high-handedness, authoritarian, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism

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1. Joseph Wu:

   It's about Chinese authoritarianism trying to expand its own influence... Far beyond its borders, even into the Western hemisphere, they want to exercise their authoritarian rule and impose the authoritarian international order.

2. Jit Singh:

   This year has seen a significant rise in digital authoritarianism in India... and Twitter has been made into a scapegoat to send a message to other companies.

3. Protect Democracy:

   Scholars of the rise and fall of democracies have identified the business sector as often one of the most important bulwarks against authoritarianism, but... the attitude inside too many C-suites today after seeing what happened to Disney is to keep their heads down and retreat from playing any role in the current battle for democracy.

4. Senator Hontiveros:

   Women must vigilantly protect our rights and freedoms especially amid the rise of authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism in many countries across the globe, i fully support the push to decriminalize abortion under Philippine laws.

5. Nikole Hannah-Jones:

   Now, in an attempt to say, ‘Well, we're going to treat both political parties equally’ when we clearly have, in this moment, one political party that is passing anti-democratic policies, that is upholding people with authoritarianism ideas.