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Authoritarian   /əθˌɔrətˈɛriən/   Listen
adjective
authoritarian  adj.  
1.
Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime
Synonyms: autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical
2.
Expecting unquestioning obedience: "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter".
Synonyms: dictatorial, overbearing


noun
authoritarian  n.  
1.
Behaves like a tyrant.
Synonyms: dictator





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"Authoritarian" Quotes from Famous Books



... that law is, as such, a command imposed by a superior upon an inferior, and backed by the sanctions of punishment. But though this is not true of law in general it is a roughly true description of law in that particular stage of society which we may conveniently describe as the Authoritarian. ...
— Liberalism • L. T. Hobhouse
... currency markets and mounting debts of its major customers in the former USSR for gas deliveries contributed to a sharp fall in industrial production and caused the budget to shift from a surplus to a slight deficit. With an authoritarian ex-communist regime in power and a tribally based social structure, Turkmenistan has taken a cautious approach to economic reform, hoping to use gas and cotton sales to sustain its inefficient economy. Privatization goals remain limited. Turkmenistan is working hard to open ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... 1991 the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) toppled the authoritarian government of MENGISTU Haile-Mariam and took control in Addis Ababa; a new constitution was promulgated in December 1994 and national and regional popular elections were held in ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... fires or grass fires. bushman/bushwoman: someone who lives an isolated existence, far from cities, "in the bush". (today: a "bushy") bushranger: an Australian "highwayman", who lived in the 'bush'— scrub—and attacked especially gold carrying coaches and banks. Romanticised as anti-authoritarian Robin Hood figures—cf. ...
— While the Billy Boils • Henry Lawson


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