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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

• ruler — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ effective, good, powerful, strong ▪ weak ▪ enlightened ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• authoritarian — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly …   Collocations dictionary

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