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





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"Authoritarian" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Authoritarian" :   martinet, big brother, autocratic, authoritarian state, oppressor, tyrannical, undemocratic, tyrannic, overbearing


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