Dictionary Workbench Ondict

tsarism

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

tsarism

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Government
tsar·ism, tzarism, czarism /ˈzɑːrɪzəm, ˈtsɑː-/ noun [uncountable]  PGa system of government controlled by a tsar, especially the system in Russia before 1917 1917〔尤指1917年以前俄国的〕沙皇制度,沙皇统治tsarist noun [countable]tsarist adjective
Examples from the Corpus
tsarismThe first revolution on the agenda, therefore, was the bourgeois-democratic overthrow of tsarism and abolition of feudal remnants.This fuelled dissatisfaction with the repressive structures of tsarism.The landed nobility provided tsarism with a perilously narrow social base.
tsar·ism nounChineseSyllable
Corpus of controlled government a a system by


tsarism
tsarism , tzarism, czarism /ˈzɑːrɪzəm, ˈtsɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
a system of government controlled by a tsar, especially the system in Russia before 1917
—tsarist noun [countable]
—tsarist adjective


tsar·ism (also tzar·ism, czar·ism) BrE /ˈzɑːrɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈzɑːrɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the Russian system of government by a tsar, which existed before 1917 (1917 年之前的)俄国沙皇政体 tsar·ist BrE /ˈzɑːrɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˈzɑːrɪst/ 🔊 (also tzar·ist, czar·ist) noun, adjective