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authoritarian, a. and n.|ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛərɪən|
[f. authority + -arian; cf. trinitarian.]
A. adj. Favourable to the principle of authority as opposed to that of individual freedom.
1879Daily News 28 June 2/6 Men who are authoritarian by nature, and cannot imagine that a country should be orderly save under a military despotism. 1882Contemp. Rev. Sept. 459 Communists of the ‘Authoritarian’ type.
B. n. One who supports the principle of authority.
1883Times 2 Jan. 3/1 [Gambetta] was accused of being an authoritarian. 1884Seeley in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 226/1 A lover of liberty, not an authoritarian. |