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Caesarism

American  
[see-zuh-riz-uhm] / ˈsi zəˌrɪz əm /

noun

  1. absolute government; imperialism.


Caesarism British  
/ ˈsiːzəˌrɪzəm /

noun

  1. an autocratic system of government See also Bonapartism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of Caesarism

First recorded in 1595–1605; Caesar + -ism

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But its inevitable outcome, he argues, is mob rule, bitter factional division, the debasement of civic culture and finally some version of Caesarism.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025

For Anton, the coming of Caesarism — defined as “authoritarian one-man rule partially legitimized by necessity” — appears almost historically determined.

From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2024

So the irony is that — it’s like Caesar, you know: Caesar died, Caesarism won.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2010

We need not fear "Caesarism"; there are ample checks against it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among his writings on these questions, which he was unfortunately obliged to leave unfinished, we may mention a nearly completed history of the early Christian heresies, and of the struggle of Christianity against Caesarism.

From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

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