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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024au•thor•i•tar•i•an /əˌθɔrɪˈtɛriən, əˌθɑr-/USA pronunciation adj. - of, favoring, or requiring complete obedience to authority:an authoritarian military code.
- Governmentof, relating to, or being a government in which authority is centered in one person or in a small group that has complete control over the people:an authoritarian regime.
n. [countable] - a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.
au•thor•i•tar•i•an•ism, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024au•thor•i•tar•i•an (ə thôr′i târ′ē ən, ə thor′-),USA pronunciation adj. - favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom:authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.
- Governmentof or pertaining 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.
n. - a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.
- authorit(y) + -arian 1875–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: authoritarian /ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛərɪən/ adj - 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
n - a person who favours or practises authoritarian policies
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