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1 authoritarian
adjective (considering obedience to authority more important than personal freedom: an authoritarian government.) valdboðs- -
2 authority
[o:'Ɵorəti]plural - authorities; noun1) (the power or right to do something: He gave me authority to act on his behalf.) vald2) (a person who is an expert, or a book that can be referred to, on a particular subject: He is an authority on Roman history.) sérfræðingur3) ((usually in plural) the person or people who have power in an administration etc: The authorities would not allow public meetings.) valdhafar4) (a natural quality in a person which makes him able to control and influence people: a man of authority.) valdsmannslegur•- authoritative
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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 — index dictatorial, dogmatic, ex officio, strict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law 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
