autocratization
English
Alternative forms
- autocratisation (Commonwealth)
Etymology
From autocratize + -ation.
Noun
autocratization (countable and uncountable, plural autocratizations)
- (political science) The process of making or becoming autocratic.
- 2025 September 16, “Can democracy survive without America?”, in The Hankyoreh[1]:
- V-Dem lists the characteristics of autocratization as deteriorations in freedom of expression, the decline of free and fair elections, and the centralization of authority.