Caesarism

Related to Caesarism: Bonapartism, Bonaparte, Oswald Spengler, reticence

Cae·sar·ism

(sē′zə-rĭz′əm)

Military or imperial dictatorship; political authoritarianism.

Cae′sar·ist n.

Cae′sar·is′tic adj.

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Caesarism

(ˈsiːzəˌrɪzəm)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an autocratic system of government. See also Bonapartism

ˈCaesarist n

ˌCaesarˈistic adj

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Cae•sar•ism

(ˈsi zəˌrɪz əm)

n.

absolute government; imperialism.

[1595–1605]

Cae′sar•ist, n. adj.

Caesarism

the characteristics shown by a dictatorship or imperial authority. — Caesarist, n.

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Noun

Caesarism - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny, authoritarianism, despotism, absolutism

autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual

police state - a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)

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καισαρισμός

césarisme

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