From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtsarismtsar‧ism, tzarism, czarism /ˈzɑːrɪzəm, ˈtsɑː-/ noun [uncountable] PGa system of government controlled by a tsar, especially the system in Russia before 1917 —tsarist noun [countable] —tsarist adjective
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tsarism• The 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. 