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the collapse of czarism, this commitment to gradual reform and the development of parliamentary institutions seemed outdated.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
  • The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms as a safeguard against tyranny and for personal security.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026
  • All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The first project is about the disappearance of petty criminal El Nani (aka Santiago Correla) in 1980s Spain during the country’s transition out of dictatorship and into democracy.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Nixon had called Cuba a dictatorship prior to the interview, and has repeated that position since.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But that belies what many critics have decried as authoritarian actions by this administration, and these comparisons with fascism continue to animate public discourse.
    — Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
  • There’s cheering approval for Adolf Hitler and fascism in general.
    — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026

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“Czarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czarism. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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