authoritarianism
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Types & categories
- autocracy hypernym
- police state hyponym
Related & opposite
- absolutist derivation
- potentate derivation
- Stalinist derivation
- absolutist derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | absolutist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | potentate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | Stalinist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | absolutist |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | autocracy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | police state |