competitive authoritarianism
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
41
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
10
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hybrid regime, a form of authoritarianism that still allows electoral competition.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: illiberal democracy"
- "Over the last two decades, countries like Turkey, Hungary, Venezuela and India gave the world a lesson on how democracy can erode into “competitive authoritarianism” — a system in which elections are still meaningful, but leaders manipulate the rules to their own benefit, while systematically violating civil liberties."