English-Latvian translations for authoritarianism

• autoritārisms
  Tādējādi mūsu kaimiņvalstis nonāks Krievijas ietekmes sfērā, kuru raksturo nestabilitāte un autoritārisms. Our neighbours will thus be pushed into Russia's sphere of influence, marked by destabilisation and authoritarianism.
  No vienas puses, ir skaidrs, ka Baltkrievija nav pildījusi demokrātiskās saistības, bet, no otras puses, mēs vērojam, ka, kaut gan lēni, tomēr pakāpeniski autoritārisms "izkūst”. On the one hand, there is no doubt that Belarus has failed to fulfil its democratic obligations, but on the other we are seeing a gradual, albeit slow, 'melting' of authoritarianism.
  Kad beidzās partijas tirānija, tad šķelšanās, korupcija, vertikalitāte, birokrātija, cinisms un autoritārisms, kas bija padomju sabiedrības pīlāri, palika neskarti. Once the tyranny of the Party was over, the divisions, the corruption, the verticality, the bureaucracy, the cynicism and the authoritarianism that were the pillars of Soviet society remained intact.

Definition of authoritarianism

• A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system

Related words

• authoritarian
• anti-authoritarianism
• antiauthoritarian
• antiauthoritarianism
• unauthoritarian