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czar⋅ism

  [zahr-iz-uhm, tsahr-]
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–noun
1. dictatorship; despotic or autocratic government.
2. the system of government in Russia under the czars.
Also, tsarism, tzarism.

Origin:
1850–55; czar + -ism
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czar·ism   (zär'ĭz'əm, tsär'-)   
n.  The system of government in Russia under the czars.
czar'ist adj. & n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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