authoritarianism

ideology, attitude, or pattern of behavior that emphasizes authority, submission to its judgments or rules, and the expectation of such submission from others
Intangible political_ideology Q6229
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Summary

authoritarianism is a political ideology[1]. authoritarianism ranks in the top 3% of political ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,150 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: form of government[3], political system[4]
  • Subclass of: autocracy[5]
  • Part of: fascism[6], authoritarian socialism[7], Libertarian authoritarianism[8], right-wing authoritarianism[9]
  • Commons category: Authoritarianism[10]
  • Said to be the same as: Trumpism[11]
  • Opposite of: anti-authoritarianism[12]
  • Has part(s): oligarchy[13], totalitarianism[14]
  • Has cause: authoritarian personality[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Authoritarianism[16]
  • Main subject: authority[17]
  • Described by source: Pax Leksikon[18], Red Blue Translator[19]
  • Has effect: protest[20]
  • Has characteristic: centralized government[21], political repression[22], social control[23]
  • Different from: Autorytaryzm[24]
  • Does not have part: direct election[25], indirect election[26]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
  • Does not have characteristic: pluralism[28], Political mobilization[29]

Why It Matters

authoritarianism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] authoritarianism is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Shanekusch · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 13318762q
    Wikidata description → ideology, attitude, or pattern of behavior that emphasizes authority, submission
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/authoritarianism
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, ja */"
  2. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX4441868
    Said to be the same as → Trumpism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX4441868"
  3. 5w ago · Toniker0501 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Trumpism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Dutertism"
  4. 7w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → centralized government, political repression, social control
    Main subject → authority
    Does not have characteristic → pluralism, Political mobilization
    Has part(s) → oligarchy, totalitarianism
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Does not have characteristic: Political mobilization, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  5. 7w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Does not have part → direct election, indirect election
    Has part(s) → oligarchy, totalitarianism
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): oligarchy, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  6. 7w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Does not have characteristic → pluralism, Political mobilization
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Does not have characteristic: pluralism, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  7. 9w ago · AdamSeattle · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress children's subject headings id → sj2026050304
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Library of congress children's subject headings id: sj2026050304"
  8. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1X5i8n, 3QpM8M
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  9. 14w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → protest
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Has effect: protest"
  10. 15w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → authoritarian personality
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has cause: authoritarian personality"
  11. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → authoritarianism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: authoritarianism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914546|authoritarianism (#289914546)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  12. 23w ago · Dronebogus · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → political ideology, form of government, political system
    Different from → Autorytaryzm
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has effect → protest
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Historical dictators.jpg"
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