Definition of "czarism" []

• The system of government in Russia under the czars. (noun)

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• "This country was largely populated by escapees from conscription - called "czarism" a generation or two ago and held to be the lowest form of involuntary servitude."
• "But only in the past three months has American czarism metastasized from a troubling slow-growth tumor to a potentially deadly cancer."
• "Until now, this slow lurch toward czarism has primarily reflected the ancient, almost innate human desire for power and paternalistic leadership."