tsarism

[ zahr-iz-uhm, tsahr- ]

/ ˈzɑr ɪz əm, ˈtsɑr- /

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noun

a variant of czarism.

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Words nearby tsarism

Tsaratanana Massif, tsardom, tsarevitch, tsarevna, tsarina, tsarism, Tsaritsyn, tsatske, tsavorite, TSB, Tschaikovsky

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How to use tsarism in a sentence

Then she and Red got into an argument about Putin, the Russian character and when Tsarism and feudalism truly ended in Russia.
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The gendarmerie of Tsarism throttled the workers who were fighting for the Socialist order.
Dictatorship vs. Democracy|Leon Trotsky
Both here and there there were not a few officers who had passed through one and the same school of Tsarism.
Dictatorship vs. Democracy|Leon Trotsky
On the fifth and following days, however, several political speeches were made, ending with the cry of "Down with Tsarism!"
Russia|Donald Mackenzie Wallace

"Conferential Tsarism" was the term applied to this magisterial method by one of the offended delegates.
The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference|Emile Joseph Dillon
It unites in a terrible synthesis all the worst agencies and methods of tsarism and of militarism.
The Jew and American Ideals|John Spargo

British Dictionary definitions for tsarism

tsarism

czarism

/ (ˈzɑːrɪzəm) /

noun

a system of government by a tsar, esp in Russia until 1917

absolute rule; dictatorship

Derived forms of tsarism

tsarist or czarist, noun, adjective

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