D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cæsarism

/(sē"zẽr*ĭz'm)/ · Cæ·sar·ism · IPA
01 n. A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Cæsar or emperor, it has been committed by …
  1. 1.
    A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Cæsar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.