Caesarism
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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
The office, surely, will be shorn of some of the pretentious Caesarism that has been growing for 40 years, of its imperial paraphernalia and edgy hauteur.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tendency of pure democracy to Caesarism or imperialism has often been noticed, and the frequent change from one to the other has now become an established historical fact.
From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Stearns, Frank Preston
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