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adj. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom: an authoritarian regime.

adj. Of, relating to, or expecting unquestioning obedience. See Synonyms at dictatorial.

adj. Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

adj. Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial.

adj. Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one was an authority.

n. One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

n. One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.

adj. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; -- of governments or rulers

adj. expecting unquestioning obedience: "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

n. behaves like a tyrant.

Favoring the principle of authority, as opposed to that of individual freedom.

n. One who supports the principle of authority, as opposed to that of individual freedom.

adj. expecting unquestioning obedience

n. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

adj. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

"The term authoritarian is used to describe an organization or a state which enforces strong and sometimes oppressive measures against those in its sphere of influence, generally without attempts at gaining their consent and often not allowing feedback on its policies."

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