Synonyms of monarchism

monarchism

noun

as in monarchy

a system of government in which there is only one ruler whose power is unlimited

In the past, monarchism was the world's most common system of government.

Related Words

• monarchy
• tyranny
• dictatorship
• monocracy
• absolutism
• authoritarianism
• autocracy
• despotism
• totalitarianism
• autarchy
• Caesarism
• totalism
• czarism

Dissimilar Words

• democracy
• freedom
• self-government
• self-governance
• self-rule
• sovereignty
• autonomy
• self-determination

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of monarchism

But for anyone outside the British elite, the constitutional monarchism that emerged after the civil wars did not look much like democracy or true liberty. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024

And the Decemberists tried to overthrow the Tsar and insist on having some of the more basic aspects of representative constitutional monarchism introduced into Russia. — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022

King Charles can take strength from the inherent monarchism of the British people, which grew even stronger in the last two decades of Elizabeth’s reign. — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022

Yet, paradoxically, the regular waves of anti-monarchism were held at bay largely by the sheer, irrefutable fact of her continued existence. — Vulture, 8 Sep. 2022

For in the dozen or so countries that make up South-East Asia, liberal democracy has long struggled in the face of authoritarianism, bolstered by monarchism, nationalism and ethnic chauvinism. — The Economist, 24 May 2018

But a slave mentality remains deeply ingrained in Russian minds, along with a latent monarchism and paternalism. — Nikita Petrov, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017