authoritarian
1authoritarian — adj. 1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime Syn: autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical [WordNet 1.5] 2. 1 expecting unquestioning… …
2authoritarian — authoritarian, authoritative These two words should be carefully distinguished as their implications are quite different. Authoritarian is generally used of people or their actions and has the unfavourable meaning ‘favouring or encouraging strict …
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4authoritarian — n. 1. 1 behaves like a tyrant. Syn: dictator [WordNet 1.5] …
5authoritarian — authoritarian, authoritarianism See authoritarian personality …
6authoritarian — [adj] domineering absolute, authoritative, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, dogmatic, harsh, imperious, magisterial, rigid, severe, strict, totalitarian, tyrannical, unyielding; concepts 319,401 Ant. democratic,… …
7authoritarian — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority. ► NOUN ▪ an authoritarian person. DERIVATIVES authoritarianism noun …
8authoritarian — index dictatorial, dogmatic, ex officio, strict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9authoritarian — (adj.) 1862, favoring imposed order over freedom, from AUTHORITY (Cf. authority). Cf. AUTHORITATIVE (Cf. authoritative), which originally had this meaning to itself. Noun in the sense of one advocating or practicing such governance is from 1859 …
10authoritarian — 1 dogmatic, *dictatorial, magisterial, doctrinaire, oracular Analogous words: despotic, autocratic, arbitrary, tyrannical, tyrannous, *absolute: domineering, imperious, *masterful Antonyms: liberal, libertarian: anarchistic, anarchic 2… …