authoritarianism
au-thor-i-tar-i-an-ism
noun
A political system demanding strict obedience to authority, suppressing individual freedom.
"The nation slid towards authoritarianism."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: totalitarianism, dictatorship, Caesarism, despotism, one-man rule, shogunate, monocracy, tyranny, Stalinism, absolutism