#authoritarian

• Ahidjo — The surname of Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924–1989), a prominent African political figure who served as the first President of the Republic of Cameroon after independence, holding office from 1960 to 1982. His political regime was characterized by a strong centralization of executive power, intense efforts toward the national unification of Francophone and Anglophone regions, as well as strict authoritarian control over the opposition.
• Anarchism — A neologic or etymological spelling variant for the word 'anarhism' (anarchism); a political and philosophical doctrine based on the complete rejection of any form of institutionalized authority, enforced hierarchy, and state control. It advocates for the organization of society exclusively through free, voluntary associations, mutual cooperation, and self-governance, holding that the state and its coercive structures are inherently oppressive and unnecessary for individual and collective freedom.
• Anarchist — A neologic or etymological spelling variant for the word 'anarhist' (anarchist); a person, militant, or philosopher who adheres to the principles of anarchism and advocates for the abolition of state authority. As an adjective, it describes a movement, publication, idea, or social manifestation pertaining to this doctrine, being grounded in absolute freedom, self-management, anti-bureaucracy, and the elimination of oppressive hierarchies.
• Anarchism — A political and philosophical doctrine based on the complete rejection of any form of institutionalized authority, enforced hierarchy, and state control. This theory advocates for the organization of society exclusively through freely consented, voluntary associations, mutual cooperation, mutual aid, and decentralized self-governance, holding that the state and its coercive legal structures are inherently oppressive, corrupt, and unnecessary for individual and collective freedom.
• Anarchist — A person, militant, or theorist who adheres to the principles of anarchism, actively advocating for the abolition of the state, coercive government institutions, and any form of enforced social or political hierarchy. As an adjective, it describes a movement, publication, idea, doctrine, or social manifestation grounded in the concept of absolute individual freedom, voluntary cooperation, economic self-management, and rejection of bureaucratic structures.
• Female anarchist — The feminine form for the term anarchist; a woman, militant, or activist who adheres to the principles and values of anarchism, fighting for the abolition of oppressive institutional hierarchies and government control. As an adjective, it represents the feminine gender form describing an organization, ideology, magazine, or movement of a deeply anti-authoritarian, decentralized character based on autonomous social emancipation.
• Anarchism — An archaic, regional, or foreign spelling variant (influenced by Slavic or Germanic languages) utilized in some historical documents or old political maps for the noun 'anarhism' (anarchism). It designates the political doctrine that structurally rejects coercive state authority, advocating for a horizontal society based on self-managed local communities and free agreements between individuals.
• Anti-democrat — A person who opposes democracy, democratic principles, or civil liberties; a supporter of an authoritarian or totalitarian regime. As an adjective, it describes an action, ideology, law, or structural behavior that undermines the rule of law, political pluralism, equality before the law, and fundamental human rights.
• Anti-democrat — The feminine singular form of the word 'antidemocrat'; it characterizes a female person, an action, law, measure, or ideology that opposes democratic principles, political pluralism, and civil liberties. It denotes a structural manifestation tending toward authoritarianism or totalitarianism, undermining the rule of law.
• Anti-democratic — Contrary to democracy and its fundamental principles; violating civil liberties, equality before the law, and the rule of law. The term characterizes governing systems, doctrines, manifestations, or structural decisions that exclude the free participation of the people in public life, promoting instead the oppressive centralization of power.
• Anti-democratism — An attitude, political current, doctrine, or ideological orientation opposed to democracy and its fundamental principles; a rejection of political pluralism, the rule of law, and individual liberties. This structural phenomenon manifests through the justification or promotion of authoritarian regimes, totalitarianism, and the oppressive centralization of state power.
• Antiparliamentary — Opposing the parliamentary system, the institution of parliament, or the principles of representative democracy; criticizing, contesting, or undermining the authority and legitimacy of the legislative body. In a historical and doctrinal sense, it describes radical political speeches, attitudes, or movements that promote the centralization of power in the hands of a supreme leader or an authoritarian executive body, to the detriment of parliamentary debate.
• Antiparliamentarism — A doctrine, attitude, or ideological current that condemns and rejects parliamentarism as a form of political organization and state governance. This structural phenomenon is based on the idea that parliaments are inefficient, corrupt, or incapable of solving national crises, instead promoting corporatist, technocratic, or autocratic systems where decision-making is concentrated at the executive level.
• Anti-totalitarian — Opposing totalitarianism, dictatorship, autocratic political regimes, or any form of absolute and oppressive exercise of state power. It applies to social movements, ideological manifestos, dissidents, or literary and philosophical works that defend civil liberties, pluralistic democracy, and fundamental human rights against the total control exerted by a single party or a dictator.
• Anti-totalitarianism — A political doctrine, ideological attitude, or philosophical stance based on the radical rejection of totalitarianism, fascism, state communism, and any form of coercive governmental totality. It represents a conceptual framework that unites various democratic orientations, sharing as a common denominator the defense of the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, ideological pluralism, and the protection of the individual against the absolute interference of the state apparatus.
• Anti-totalitarian — A person who opposes totalitarianism and dictatorships, actively or theoretically advocating for democracy, individual freedom, and human rights; as an adjective, it describes the profile, discourse, or actions of an individual engaged in combating oppressive state structures and totalitarian ideologies.
• Autocrat — An absolute ruler or monarch who holds unlimited power, dictatorial governance, and supreme authority in a state, exercising their prerogatives without constitutional control or legal opposition. As an adjective, it describes an authoritative, tyrannical, and oppressive behavior, person, or management style, characterized by imposing one's own decisions without consulting group members or citizens.
• Autocratic — Belonging to autocracy or an autocrat, relating to this system of government or leadership style; characterized by the total concentration of power and authority in the hands of a single person, with decisions being imposed discretionarily, without consultation and without accepting opposition. In management, it describes a directive and restrictive behavior that limits subordinates' autonomy.
• Autocracy — A system of government in which the entire political, legislative, and executive power is held without limit by a single person (an autocrat), whose decisions are not subject to any external legal constraints or mechanisms of popular control. It characterizes dictatorial, despotic, or absolutist regimes that suppress pluralism and civil liberties.
• Autocratism — A system of government or political doctrine based on the exercise of absolute power by a single leader; an attitude, mentality, or managerial practice characterized by excessive authoritarianism, total centralization of decisions, and structural rejection of democratic or participative principles. It represents the ideological foundation of autocracy.