authoritarianism

English

Etymology

From authoritarian +‎ -ism.

Noun

authoritarianism (countable and uncountable, plural authoritarianisms)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• anti-authoritarianism
• ecoauthoritarianism
• neo-authoritarianism
• performative authoritarianism

 

Translations

authoritarian form of government

• Albanian: autoritarizëm m
• Arabic: سُلْطَوِيَّة f (sulṭawiyya)
• Armenian: ավտորիտարիզմ (hy) (avtoritarizm)
• Azerbaijani: avtoritarizm
• Belarusian: аўтарытары́зм m (aŭtarytarýzm)
• Bulgarian: авторитари́зъм (bg) m (avtoritarízǎm)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: autoritarisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 威權主義 / 威权主义 (wai¹ kyun⁴ zyu² ji⁶)

  Mandarin: 威權主義 / 威权主义 (wēiquán zhǔyì)

• Czech: autoritářství n
• Dutch: autoritarisme (nl) n
• Estonian: autoritarism
• Finnish: autoritarismi (fi)
• French: autoritarisme (fr) m
• Galician: autoritarismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ავტორიტარიზმი (avṭoriṭarizmi)
• German: Autoritarismus (de) m
• Hebrew: סַמְכוּתָנוּת f (samkhutanút)
• Hindi: सत्तावाद m (sattāvād)
• Hungarian: autoritarizmus (hu)
• Italian: autoritarismo (it) m
• Japanese: 権威主義 (ja) (けんいしゅぎ, ken'ishugi)
• Kazakh: авторитаризм (avtoritarizm)
• Khmer: អាជ្ញានិយម (km) (ʼaacñaaniʼyum)
• Korean: 권위주의(權威主義) (gwonwijuui)
• Kyrgyz: авторитаризм (avtoritarizm)
• Latvian: autoritārisms m
• Lithuanian: autoritarizmas (lt) m
• Macedonian: авторитари́зам m (avtoritarízam)
• Malay: autoritarianisme
• Marathi: अधिकारशाही f (adhikārśāhī)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: اقتدارگرایی (fa) (eqtedârgarâyi)
• Polish: autorytaryzm (pl)
• Portuguese: autoritarismo (pt) m
• Romanian: autoritarism (ro) n
• Russian: авторитари́зм (ru) m (avtoritarízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ауторитаризам m

  Roman: autoritarizam m

• Slovak: autoritarizmus m
• Slovene: avtoritarizem m
• Spanish: autoritarismo (es) m
• Swedish: auktoritarism
• Tajik: иқтидоргароӣ (iqtidorgaroi), авторитаризм (avtoritarizm)
• Thai: ลัทธิอำนาจนิยม (lát-tí am-nâat ní-yom)
• Turkish: otoriteryanizm
• Turkmen: awtoritarizm
• Ukrainian: авторитари́зм m (avtorytarýzm)
• Uzbek: avtoritarizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa chuyên chế (主義專制)

References

• “authoritarianism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “authoritarianism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.