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authoritarian
[uh-thawr-i-tair-ee-uhn, uh-thor-]
adjective
favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom.
authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.
of or relating to a governmental or political system, principle, or practice in which individual freedom is held as completely subordinate to the power or authority of the state, centered either in one person or a small group that is not constitutionally accountable to the people.
exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others.
an authoritarian parent.
noun
a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.
authoritarian
/ ɔːˌθɒɪˈɛəɪə /
adjective
favouring, denoting, or characterized by strict obedience to authority
favouring, denoting, or relating to government by a small elite with wide powers
despotic; dictatorial; domineering
noun
a person who favours or practises authoritarian policies
Other 51Թ Forms
- authoritarianism noun
- antiauthoritarian adjective
- antiauthoritarianism noun
- nonauthoritarian adjective
- ˌٳǰˈٲԾ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of authoritarian1
Example Sentences
In reality, the administration has been planning for months to use the military as part of its mass deportation — and larger authoritarian — campaign.
He has turned a controversial but undeniably democratic nation into an authoritarian armed fortress and a global pariah.
It also found that there is a “strong overlap among Americans who hold Christian nationalist and authoritarian views.”
By authoritarian, I mean a leader who tries to rule on his own and suppress all dissent.
Observers have seen these methods as the way to perpetuate a soft-authoritarianism, enacted smoothly without the violence that authoritarian governments have traditionally employed to quell opposition and consolidate power.
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