Synonyms for Authoritarianism:

• n.

  •
  • behaviourism,
  • politics,
  • over,
  • autocracy,
  • cynicism.
  •absolutism (noun)
  • totalism,
  • monocracy,
  • totalitarianism.
  •authoritarianism (noun)
  • shogunate,
  • one-man rule,
  • tyranny.
  •dictatorship (noun)
  • unlimited rule,
  • garrison state.
  •fascism (noun)
  • one party systems,
  • party governments,
  • oneparty system,
  • one party system,
  • one-party systems,
  • oneparty systems.
  •group (noun)
  • authoritarianism.
  •severity (noun)
  • briskness,
  • rigorousness,
  • dryness,
  • brusqueness,
  • crispness,
  • intensity,
  • correctness,
  • gruffness,
  • bluntness,
  • causticity,
  • leanness,
  • starkness,
  • stringency,
  • discipline,
  • severity,
  • keenness,
  • preciseness,
  • coolness,
  • chilliness,
  • acuteness,
  • frostiness,
  • astringency,
  • oppressiveness,
  • austerity,
  • abruptness,
  • meticulousness,
  • sternness,
  • sharpness,
  • grimness,
  • acerbity,
  • strictness,
  • bleakness,
  • harshness,
  • matter-of-factness.
  •tyranny (noun)
  • Peremptoriness,
  • highhandedness,
  • oligarchy,
  • terrorism,
  • imperiousness,
  • Oligarchies,
  • high-handedness.

• Other synonyms:

  •Caesarism
  • caesarism.
  •
  • elitism,
  • fatalism,
  • atheism,
  • solipsism,
  • Parkinson's Law,
  • conspiracy theory,
  • sod's law,
  • structuralism,
  • materialism,
  • behaviorism,
  • positivism,
  • trickle-down theory,
  • revisionism,
  • Speciesism,
  • Kaizen,
  • determinism,
  • empiricism,
  • dualism,
  • functionalism,
  • relativism.
  •
  • nihilism,
  • individualism,
  • revivalism.
  •Stalinism
  • stalinism.

Paraphrases for Authoritarianism:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    despotism, totalitarianism.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    authoritarian.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    autocracy, tyranny.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dictates, totalitarian, despotic, authority.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    high-handedness, dictatorship.

Antonyms for Authoritarianism:

• n.

  • absolutism
    democracy.
  • Other antonyms:
    freedom, self-governance, self-rule, autonomy, self-government, sovereignty.

Hypernym for Authoritarianism:

• n.

  • group
    police state.

Hyponym for Authoritarianism:

• n.

  • group
    autarchy, autocracy.