There appears to be growing contest between authoritarianism and liberalism right now.
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Authoritarianism
//ɔˌθɔːɹɪˈtɛːɹiən.ɪzm̩//
Synonyms for "authoritarianism" (43 found)
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Related words (21)
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1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 49 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- autoritarizëm noun (authoritarian form of government)
Arabic
1 entries- سُلْطَوِيَّة noun (authoritarian form of government)
Armenian
1 entries- ավտորիտարիզմ noun (authoritarian form of government)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- avtoritarizm noun (authoritarian form of government)
Belarusian
1 entries- аўтарытары́зм noun (authoritarian form of government)
Bulgarian
1 entries- авторитари́зъм noun (authoritarian form of government)
Catalan
1 entries- autoritarisme noun (authoritarian form of government)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 威權主義 /威权主义 noun (authoritarian form of government)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 威權主義 /威权主义 noun (authoritarian form of government)
Czech
1 entries- autoritářství noun (authoritarian form of government)
Dutch
1 entries- autoritarisme noun (authoritarian form of government)
Estonian
1 entries- autoritarism noun (authoritarian form of government)
Finnish
1 entries- autoritarismi noun (authoritarian form of government)
French
1 entries- autoritarisme noun (authoritarian form of government)
Galician
1 entries- autoritarismo noun (authoritarian form of government)
Georgian
1 entries- ავტორიტარიზმი noun (authoritarian form of government)
German
1 entries- Autoritarismus noun (authoritarian form of government)
Hebrew
1 entries- סַמְכוּתָנוּת noun (authoritarian form of government)
Hindi
1 entries- सत्तावाद noun (authoritarian form of government)
Hungarian
1 entries- autoritarizmus noun (authoritarian form of government)
Indonesian
2 entries- otoritarianisme noun (authoritarian form of government)
- otoriterisme noun (authoritarian form of government)
Italian
1 entries- autoritarismo noun (authoritarian form of government)
Japanese
1 entries- 権威主義 noun (authoritarian form of government)
Kazakh
1 entries- авторитаризм noun (authoritarian form of government)
Khmer
1 entries- អាជ្ញានិយម noun (authoritarian form of government)
Korean
1 entries- 권위주의 noun (authoritarian form of government)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- авторитаризм noun (authoritarian form of government)
Latvian
1 entries- autoritārisms noun (authoritarian form of government)
Lithuanian
1 entries- autoritarizmas noun (authoritarian form of government)
Macedonian
1 entries- авторитари́зам noun (authoritarian form of government)
Malay
1 entries- autoritarianisme noun (authoritarian form of government)
Marathi
1 entries- अधिकारशाही noun (authoritarian form of government)
Persian
1 entries- اقتدارگرایی noun (authoritarian form of government)
Polish
1 entries- autorytaryzm noun (authoritarian form of government)
Portuguese
1 entries- autoritarismo noun (authoritarian form of government)
Romanian
1 entries- autoritarism noun (authoritarian form of government)
Russian
1 entries- авторитари́зм noun (authoritarian form of government)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- autoritarizam noun (authoritarian form of government)
- ауторитаризам noun (authoritarian form of government)
Slovak
1 entries- autoritarizmus noun (authoritarian form of government)
Slovene
1 entries- avtoritarizem noun (authoritarian form of government)
Spanish
1 entries- autoritarismo noun (authoritarian form of government)
Swedish
1 entries- auktoritarism noun (authoritarian form of government)
Tajik
2 entries- авторитаризм noun (authoritarian form of government)
- иқтидоргароӣ noun (authoritarian form of government)
Thai
1 entries- ลัทธิอำนาจนิยม noun (authoritarian form of government)
Turkish
1 entries- otoriteryanizm noun (authoritarian form of government)
Turkmen
1 entries- awtoritarizm noun (authoritarian form of government)
Ukrainian
1 entries- авторитари́зм noun (authoritarian form of government)
Uzbek
1 entries- avtoritarizm noun (authoritarian form of government)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chủ nghĩa chuyên chế noun (authoritarian form of government)
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Gender violence goes hand-in-hand with authoritarianism.
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Gender violence and authoritarianism go hand-in-hand.
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Inviolable gender roles are a form of authoritarianism.
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