variants also tsarism or tzarism

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Recent Examples of czarism Like so many at the time, Paustovsky had hopes of a democratic future with the end of czarism. Douglas Smith, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 The difference between czarism and Leninism is the one between absolutism and totalitarianism. Josef Joffe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017 With the collapse of czarism, this commitment to gradual reform and the development of parliamentary institutions seemed outdated. Carolyn Harris, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for czarism
Noun
  • Not every encounter or exchange needs to entail a lesson in semantics, or the tyranny of cultural sensitivity, or the dominance of white males in academia and everywhere else.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • After decades of tyranny, Assad’s murderous regime fell in December 2024, turning Middle East geopolitics upside down.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Brazil's democracy emerged from a brutal military dictatorship just 40 years ago.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Brazil’s violent past has yet to be fully reckoned with, but this trial marks a historic departure from impunity, said Lucas Figueiredo, the author of several books about the country’s most recent dictatorship.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Czarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czarism. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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