Further Antedating of "Authoritarianism"

[Fred Shapiro]

authoritarianism (OED 1909)

1886 _Liberty (Not the Daughter But the Mother of Order_ 17 July 4
(American Periodical Series)  In thus "assuming to plumb" Powderly, was he
"in the direct line of authoritarianism"?

Fred Shapiro


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