権威主義

Japanese

Kanji in this term
権	威	主	義
けん Grade: 6	い Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 3	ぎ Grade: 5
kan'on

Alternative spelling
權威主義 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 権威 (ken'i, “authority”) +‎ 主義 (shugi, “ism”); 権威志向者 (ken'ishikōsha, “authoritarian”) +‎ 主義 (shugi, “ism”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんいしゅぎ [kèń'í shúꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃i ɕɨɡʲi]

Noun

権(けん)威(い)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) • (ken'i shugi) ^{←けんゐしゆぎ (ken'wisyugi)?}

1. (government) authoritarianism