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 Lenin, Stalin and their epigones, despite their ideological rejection of czarism, acted as de facto Great Russian imperialists in assembling the Soviet Union and maintaining it by brute force. George Weigel, WSJ, 27 Jan. 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the collapse of czarism, this commitment to gradual reform and the development of parliamentary institutions seemed outdated.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
  • Yet Croce and his peers knew that silence in the face of tyranny is not prudence.
    Elisa Manfredini, Time, 14 June 2025
  • This is because tyranny always catches you by surprise.
    Nan Z. Da June 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • The backdrop of the Marcos dictatorship shaped her artistic approach, defined by an interest in quotidian experience—including everyday injustices such as gender inequality and the ecological exploitation of the Philippines by greedy conglomerates.
    Hung Duong, Artforum, 18 June 2025
  • This brings me back to the conclusion that the Venezuelan dictatorship — perhaps Latin America’s biggest potential winner of a global oil price hike — along with Colombia and Mexico may get, at best, a brief respite if the Iran war disrupts world oil shipping lanes.
    Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025

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“Czarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czarism. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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