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- Dictionaryauthoritarian/ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛːrɪən/
adjective
- 1. favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom: "the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime"
noun
- 1. an authoritarian person.
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noun C. disapproving uk / ˌɔː.θɒr.ɪˈteə.ri.ən / us / əˌθɔːr.əˈter.i.ən /. someone who demands that people obey completely and refuses to allow them freedom to act as they wish: My father was a real authoritarian so we were brought up very strictly.
authoritarianism. noun [ U ] disapproving uk / ɔːˌθɒr.ɪˈteə.ri.ə.nɪ.z ə m / us / əˌθɔːr.əˈter.i.ə.nɪ.z ə m /. Add to word list. the belief that people must obey completely and not be allowed freedom to act as they wish: The party supports authoritarianism over democracy.
The meaning of AUTHORITARIAN is of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority. How to use authoritarian in a sentence.
Authoritarian definition: favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom. See examples of AUTHORITARIAN used in a sentence.
Authoritarian regimes are systems of government that have no established mechanism for the transfer of executive power and do not afford their citizens civil liberties or political rights. Power is concentrated in the hands of a single leader or a small elite, whose decisions are taken without regard for the will of the people.
believing that people should obey authority and rules, even when these are unfair, and even if it means that they lose their personal freedom. an authoritarian regime/government/state. The school was very authoritarian and exam-orientated. Father was an authoritarian figure.
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. They were living under an authoritarian regime.
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty. “an authoritarian regime” synonyms: autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical. undemocratic. not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals. adjective. expecting unquestioning obedience.
Definition of authoritarian noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.
