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1. (adj.) authoritarian
of, favoring, or requiring complete obedience to authority:
an authoritarian military code.
2. authoritarian
pertaining to or being a government in which authority is centered in one person or in a small group not constitutionally accountable to the people.
3. authoritarian
exercising control over the will of others:
an authoritarian parent.
4. (n.) authoritarian
a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.
Etymology: (1875–80)
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1. (adj) authoritarian, dictator
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
"my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
2. (adj) authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
"an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
3. (adj) authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing
expecting unquestioning obedience
"the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
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