dictatorialism

noun

Etymology

From dictatorial + -ism.

  1. borrowed from dictātor — “a chief magistrate
  2. suffixed as dictatorial — “dictator + ial
  3. suffixed as dictatorialism — “dictatorial + ism

Definitions

  1. Ideology that supports dictatorship

    Ideology that supports dictatorship; dictatorship.

    • Near-synonyms: autocratism, authoritarianism
    • Nothing will crush the creative spirit more quickly than dictatorialism in art.

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