Authoritarianism
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Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separat
Anarchist protest with sign reading "just say no to authoritarian rule"
Honoring South Korean President Park Chung-hee in Army Parade at Armed Forces Day on 1 October 1973
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on 25 October 2019
Benito Mussolini, the founder of Italian fascism, called his regime the "Totalitarian State": "Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State."
Autocracy
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Autocracy is a form of government in which absolute power is held by one person, known as an autocrat. It includes both absolute monarchies and dictatorships, while it is contrasted with democracy and
Authoritarianism
…the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law. Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic and may be based upon the rule of a party, the military, or the concentration of power in a single person. States that have a blurred…
The coronation of Louis XVI of France (Gabriel François Doyen, 1775)
The Russian Revolution led to the replacement of the autocratic Russian Empire with the autocratic Soviet Union.
Julius Caesar (engraved c. 1587 – c. 1589)
Members of the Nazi Party salute Adolf Hitler in 1940.