Definition

• n. a political system enforcing strict obedience to authority and limiting personal freedom

Example

The book explains how authoritarianism slowly replaced the country's democracy.

这本书讲述了威权主义是如何逐渐取代这个国家的民主制度的。

Word mapPolitical systems

federationL3

theocracyL6authoritarianismoligarchyL6

Word familyauthoritarian-

adj.

authoritarianL5