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authoritarianismPrinciple of unqualified submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. As a political system, authoritarianism is antidemocratic in that political power is concentrated in a leader or small elite not constitutionally responsible to those governed. It differs from totalitarianism in that authoritarian governments usually lack a guiding ideology, tolerate some pluralism in social organization, lack the power to mobilize the whole population in pursuit of national goals, and exercise their power within relatively predictable limits. See also absolutism, dictatorship. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The pollsters told respondents to imagine an authoritarian regime in which there is no political or religious freedom. Although the impulse to limit the jury's power certainly meshed well with the agenda of the Vichy regime, legal scholars are unanimous in insisting that echevinage was not a product of the authoritarian regime, but rather the result of an organic evolution of the French judicial system. It dramatized a crackdown by a new authoritarian regime, and the concomitant cultural shift to escapism. |
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