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authoritarianism : 1. (in politics) a system of government in which the leader rules without a restriction by a constitution or laws or opposition, dictatorship.

2. (in psychology) leanings and behaviors of a person who has fascist and antidemocratic tendencies.



Related isms

  • absolutism
  • anti-authoritarianism
  • caesarism
  • conventionalism
  • despotism
  • stalinism
  • statism
  • totalitarianism


    External Links

  • Authoritarianism from Wikipedia
  • Authoritarian personality ~ from Wikipedia



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