authoritarian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties.
Demanding obedience to authority; marked by authoritarianism; dictatorial, tyrannical.
Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.

noun

One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.
One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.

Pronunciation

/ɔːˌθɒɹ.ɪˈtɛə̯.ɹɪən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-authoritarian.wav /əˌθɔɹ.əˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ /ɔˌθɔɹ.əˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ en-us-authoritarian.ogg /əˌθɑ.ɹəˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-authoritarian.wav

Word forms

authoritarian more authoritarian most authoritarian authoritarians

Etymology

From authority + -arian, circa 1880.

Synonyms

Antonyms

democratic liberal servile humble modest

Derived words

antiauthoritarian anti-authoritarian auth authcom authoritarian democracy authoritarianism authoritarianist authoritarianity authoritarianly authoritarianness counterauthoritarian counter-authoritarian nonauthoritarian post-authoritarian

Translations

Arabic: سُلْطَوِيّ Catalan: autoritari Chinese Mandarin: 專制的 /专制的 Danish: autoritær Finnish: autoritaarinen French: autoritaire Galician: autoritario German: autoritär Greek: αυταρχικός Ido: autoritatema Indonesian: otoriter Japanese: 権威主義的な Norwegian Bokmål: autoritær Norwegian Nynorsk: autoritær Persian: اقتدارگرا Polish: autorytarny Portuguese: autoritário Russian: авторита́рный Spanish: autoritario Swedish: auktoritär Ukrainian: авторита́рний Urdu: آمِراَنہ Vietnamese: chuyên chế Yiddish: אויטאָריטאַריש

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