Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun authoritarianism

1 sense of authoritarianism

Sense 1
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny -- (a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.))
       => autocracy, autarchy -- (a political system governed by a single individual)