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. Steve Tsang:

   ( The Chinese and Russia) share two primary strategic interests, one is to take the American global leadership down a notch or two. The second is to make the world safe for authoritarianism.

2. White House:

   Even so, Russia’s war in Ukraine offers Biden an opportunity, in Brinkley’s view, to convince Americans of the importance of a united transatlantic alliance and to emphasize that he brought allies together to stand against Putin’s assault, it’s a key moment to take the stage as the global leader who is going to halt authoritarianism by building up our armed forces. He somehow has to make people really feel like ‘the USA is back,’ that democracy is eternal.

3. Justin Trudeau:

   Growing our economy, creating good jobs for people in a changing world, how we’re going to be holding off the rise of authoritarianism, defending our democracies, how we’re going to be continuing to step up on the fight against climate change …there’s so much that we can do together and so much greater impact that we have around the world when we do it together.

4. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

   I have opposed authoritarianism all over the world.

5. 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.