MONARCHISM Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

monarchism

noun

Definition of monarchism

as in monarchy

a system of government in which there is only one ruler whose power is unlimited In the past, monarchism was the world's most common system of government.

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Recent Examples of monarchism But for anyone outside the British elite, the constitutional monarchism that emerged after the civil wars did not look much like democracy or true liberty. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024 And the Decemberists tried to overthrow the Tsar and insist on having some of the more basic aspects of representative constitutional monarchism introduced into Russia. — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022 King Charles can take strength from the inherent monarchism of the British people, which grew even stronger in the last two decades of Elizabeth’s reign. — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022 Yet, paradoxically, the regular waves of anti-monarchism were held at bay largely by the sheer, irrefutable fact of her continued existence. — Vulture, 8 Sep. 2022 For in the dozen or so countries that make up South-East Asia, liberal democracy has long struggled in the face of authoritarianism, bolstered by monarchism, nationalism and ethnic chauvinism. — The Economist, 24 May 2018 But a slave mentality remains deeply ingrained in Russian minds, along with a latent monarchism and paternalism. — Nikita Petrov, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017

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Before that, the monarchy had promoted a more secular and westernized image of women.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Charles is positively viewed by around 62%, and around six in 10 Britons — or 57-60% — see the royal family and the institution of the monarchy in a favorable light.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

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Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
While Queen Romana projected the image of a supreme ruler who alternated between benevolence and tyranny, Didulo the person was all too human.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

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