Definitions for caesarismˈsi zəˌrɪz əm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Cae•sar•ismˈsi zəˌrɪz əm(n.)

  1. absolute government; imperialism.

    Category: Government

Origin of Caesarism:

1595–1605

Cae′sar•ist(n.; adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. Caesarism(Noun)

    autocracy

  2. Caesarism(Noun)

    democratic dictatorship

Webster Dictionary

  1. Caesarism(noun)

    a system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government


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