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Dictionary: au·thor·i·tar·i·an   (ə-thôr'ĭ-târ'ē-ən, ə-thŏr'-, ô-thôr'-, ô-thŏr'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom: an authoritarian regime.
  2. Of, relating to, or expecting unquestioning obedience. See synonyms at dictatorial.
authoritarian au·thor'i·tar'i·an n.
authoritarianism au·thor'i·tar'i·an·ism n.

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Business Dictionary: Authoritarian
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Dictatorial and domineering. Authoritarian managers value employees' unquestioned obedience. See also Theory X.

Thesaurus: authoritarian
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adjective

  1. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority: autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannical. See over/under.
  2. Tending to dictate: bossy, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing, peremptory. See over/under.

noun

    One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority: autocrat, despot, dictator, martinet, totalitarian, tyrant. See over/under.

Antonyms: authoritarian
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adj

Definition: domineering
Antonyms: democratic, liberal


Translations: Authoritarian
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - autoritær, tyrannisk, despotisk
n. - autoritær person

Nederlands (Dutch)
autoritair, dominant, voorstander van autoritaire regering/ opvoeding

Français (French)
adj. - autoritaire
n. - partisan de l'autorité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - autoritär, unbedingten Gehorsam fordernd
n. - autoritäre Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυταρχικός, δεσποτικός, απολυταρχικός
n. - αυταρχικό, δεσποτικό άτομο

Italiano (Italian)
autoritario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - autoritário
n. - autoritário (m)

Русский (Russian)
авторитарный, деспотический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - autoritario
n. - autoritario, persona autoritaria

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - auktoritär, diktatorisk
n. - auktoritär person

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
权力主义的, 主张服从权力的, 独裁主义的, 权力主义者, 独裁主义者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 權力主義的, 主張服從權力的, 獨裁主義的
n. - 權力主義者, 獨裁主義者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 권위주의의
n. - 권위주의자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 権威主義者
adj. - 権威主義の, 独裁主義の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نظام فاشستي : خضوع الفرد خضوعا كاملا لمصلحه نظام أو دوله (الاسم) تصرف فاشستي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רודני, סמכותי‬
n. - ‮אדם הדוגל בציות לרודנות‬


 
 
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