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dictatorial, dogmatic, ex officio, strict
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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authoritarian — adj. 1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime Syn: autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical [WordNet 1.5] 2. 1 expecting unquestioning… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
authoritarian — authoritarian, authoritative These two words should be carefully distinguished as their implications are quite different. Authoritarian is generally used of people or their actions and has the unfavourable meaning ‘favouring or encouraging strict … Modern English usage
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authoritarian — n. 1. 1 behaves like a tyrant. Syn: dictator [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
authoritarian — authoritarian, authoritarianism See authoritarian personality … Dictionary of sociology
authoritarian — [adj] domineering absolute, authoritative, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, dogmatic, harsh, imperious, magisterial, rigid, severe, strict, totalitarian, tyrannical, unyielding; concepts 319,401 Ant. democratic,… … New thesaurus
authoritarian — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority. ► NOUN ▪ an authoritarian person. DERIVATIVES authoritarianism noun … English terms dictionary
authoritarian — (adj.) 1862, favoring imposed order over freedom, from AUTHORITY (Cf. authority). Cf. AUTHORITATIVE (Cf. authoritative), which originally had this meaning to itself. Noun in the sense of one advocating or practicing such governance is from 1859 … Etymology dictionary
authoritarian — 1 dogmatic, *dictatorial, magisterial, doctrinaire, oracular Analogous words: despotic, autocratic, arbitrary, tyrannical, tyrannous, *absolute: domineering, imperious, *masterful Antonyms: liberal, libertarian: anarchistic, anarchic 2… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
authoritarian — [ə thôr΄ə ter′ē ən, əthär΄ə ter′ē ən] adj. [ AUTHORIT(Y) + ARIAN] believing in, relating to, characterized by, or enforcing unquestioning obedience to authority, as that of a dictator, rather than individual freedom of judgment and action n. a… … English World dictionary
