[uh-thawr-i-tair-ee-uh
n, uh-thor-] 
| 1. | favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes. |
| 2. | of 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. |
| 3. | exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others: an authoritarian parent. |
| 4. | a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles. |
| au·thor·i·tar·i·an (ə-thôr'ĭ-târ'ē-ən, ə-thŏr'-, ô-thôr'-, ô-thŏr'-) adj.
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