OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27385

authoritarianism

Meanings (ES + gloss)
autoritarismo
A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system.
Near-synonyms: dictatorialism; autocratism; totalitarianism (see usage note there)
This is the struggle of our time. The forces of freedom, openness and global community against the forces of authoritarianism, isolationism and nationalism.
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