ALL meanings of authoritarian
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A a - adjective authoritarian If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves. 3
- adjective authoritarian An authoritarian is someone who is authoritarian. 3
- adjective authoritarian favouring, denoting, or characterized by strict obedience to authority 3
- adjective authoritarian favouring, denoting, or relating to government by a small elite with wide powers 3
- adjective authoritarian despotic; dictatorial; domineering 3
- noun authoritarian a person who favours or practises authoritarian policies 3
- adjective authoritarian believing in, relating to, characterized by, or enforcing unquestioning obedience to authority, as that of a dictator, rather than individual freedom of judgment and action 3
- noun authoritarian a person who advocates, practices, or enforces such obedience 3
- noun authoritarian Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom. 1
- adjective authoritarian government: all-powerful 1
- adjective authoritarian person: controlling 1
- noun authoritarian controlling person 1
- adjective authoritarian favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes. 1
- adjective authoritarian 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. 1
- adjective authoritarian exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others: an authoritarian parent. 1
- noun authoritarian a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles. 1
- noun authoritarian One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority. 0
- noun authoritarian One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority. 0
- adjective authoritarian Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority. 0
- adjective authoritarian Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial. 0
- adjective authoritarian Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority. 0