czardom

or tsar·dom, tzar·dom

[ zahr-duhm, tsahr- ]

noun

1. the domain of a czar.
2. the power, authority, or position of a czar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of czardom¹

First recorded in 1835–45; czar + -dom

Example Sentences

The company may have an “in” with the Trump administration, which just appointed its former board member Moncef Slaoui to head the White House vaccine czardom.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m going to go into a degree in Night Czardom,’” Ms. Lamé said, breaking into a deep cackle.

From New York Times

Those Russias were dominated by the missions of Orthodox czardom and homicidal totalitarian Marxist-Leninism; today’s Russia is authoritarian but still freer.

From New York Times

They were not now dealing with a corrupt Czardom and hordes of ignorant and passionless Slavs, who could be eliminated by propaganda and sedition; they were dealing with millions of intelligent and energetic freemen, all animated by a mighty and almost religious purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

Political reaction, censorship, complete absence of civil liberties, and the cult of popular ignorance upon which Czardom based its power, all these made the written artistic word almost the sole expression of Russian social longings and idealistic expectations.

From Project Gutenberg