authoritarian

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authoritarian Definition

• (n) a person behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
• (s) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
• (s) likened to a dictator in severity
• (s) expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

authoritarian Synonyms

• authoritarian
• autocratic
• despotic
• dictator
• dictatorial
• overbearing
• tyrannical