authoritarian
One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authorityOne who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.
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» Book banning is an authoritarian act.
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2 sensesOne who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.
The dictator was an authoritarian.
One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.
- a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
Examples
38 sentencesBook banning is an authoritarian act.
Sami is someone who is authoritarian.
Egypt wielded its usual authoritarian fist.
Anti-immigration policies are inherently authoritarian.
Our parenting method is anti-authoritarian.
Forms
plural: authoritarians| Singular | authoritarian |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner:dictator
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.