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au·thor·i·tar·i·an

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–adjective

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.

–noun

4.	a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.

[Origin: 1875–80; authorit(y) + -arian

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au·thor·i·tar·i·an·ism, noun

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au·thor·i·tar·i·an Audio Help (ə-thôr'ĭ-târ'ē-ən, ə-thŏr'-, ô-thôr'-, ô-thŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom: an authoritarian regime.
Of, relating to, or expecting unquestioning obedience. See Synonyms at dictatorial.

au·thor'i·tar'i·an n., au·thor'i·tar'i·an·ism n.

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authoritarian
adjective
1.	characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
2.	expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
noun
1.	a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"

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auˌthoriˈtarian adjective

considering obedience to authority more important than personal freedom
Example: an authoritarian government

Arabic:	إسْتِبْدادي، تَسَلُّطي
Chinese (Simplified):	独裁主义的
Chinese (Traditional):	獨裁主義的
Czech:	autoritářský
Danish:	autoritær
Dutch:	autoritair
Estonian:	autoritaarne
Finnish:	autoritaarinen
French:	autoritaire
German:	autoritär
Greek:	απολυταρχικός
Hungarian:	tekintélyelvű
Icelandic:	valdboðs-
Italian:	autoritario
Japanese:	独裁的な

Korean:	권위주의의
Latvian:	autoritārs
Lithuanian:	autoritarinis
Norwegian:	autoritær
Polish:	despotyczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	autoritário
Portuguese (Portugal):	autoritário
Romanian:	autoritar(ist)
Russian:	авторитарный
Slovak:	autoritatívny
Slovenian:	avtoritaren
Spanish:	autoritario
Swedish:	auktoritär
Turkish:	otoriter