Noun
a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people
Source: WordNetCensorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. Potter Stewart
China isn't the only authoritarian regime in the world, but it's undoubtedly the wealthiest, strongest and most developed in machine learning and artificial intelligence. This makes Xi Jinping the most dangerous opponent of those who believe in the concept of open society. George Soros
What we are seeing in Turkey is a non-uniformed authoritarian regime led by a politician, Tayyip Erdogan, who has allowed power to go to his head and is behaving more and more like a despot. Sooner or later this will provoke political uprisings throughout the country as happened after Gezi. Tariq Ali