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Synonyms for authoritarian
əˌθɔr ɪˈtɛər i ən, əˌθɒr-au·thor·i·tar·i·an
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authoritarianadjective
Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.
The dictator was an authoritarian.
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imperious, commandingauthoritarianadjective
Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial.
The authoritarian government was demanding stricter laws for low-wage peasants.
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commanding, imperiousauthoritarianadjective
Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one was an authority.
Synonyms:
imperious, commanding
Princeton's WordNet
authoritarian, dictatoradjective
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
"my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
Antonyms:
submissive, democraticauthoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannicaladjective
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"
Synonyms:
tyrannical, despotical, overbearing, despotic, high-and-mighty, autocratic, oppressive, bossy, dictatorial, magisterial, peremptory, tyrannous, dominating, tyrannicAntonyms:
democratic, submissiveauthoritarian, dictatorial, overbearingadjective
expecting unquestioning obedience
"the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
Synonyms:
tyrannical, sniffy, overbearing, haughty, despotic, lordly, autocratic, prideful, dictatorial, imperious, swaggering, supercilious, disdainful, tyrannicAntonyms:
democratic, submissive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "authoritarian":
bossy, autocratic, authoritative, totalitarian, dictatorial, authoritarianism, tyrannical, despotic
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#15906 | authoritative | |
#18362 | commanding | |
#21872 | dictator | |
#25003 | dominating | |
#29735 | authoritarian | |
#30462 | oppressive | |
#35730 | totalitarian | |
#53063 | haughty | |
#58403 | tyrannical | |
#61448 | dictatorial | |
#64264 | overbearing | |
#64686 | autocratic | |
#69826 | authoritarianism | |
#71468 | despotic | |
#73290 | peremptory | |
#75235 | bossy | |
#83750 | magisterial | |
#88982 | imperious | |
#101268 | disdainful | |
#108859 | potentate | |
#121548 | swaggering | |
#128829 | lordly | |
#149426 | prideful | |
#166887 | supercilious | |
#238463 | sniffy | |
#275857 | tyrannous |
How to use authoritarian in a sentence?
The hypotheses range from a greater propensity to homemade remedies, like medicinal herbs used in peasant tradition ; there are those who assume a more marked anti-authoritarian tendency than elsewhere, for historical reasons ; but I think more practical hypotheses should also be considered, such as logistical difficulties, for those who live at the bottom of a mountain valley, going to a city vaccination center can mean wasting a lot of time.
There's now undeniable evidence... that the mercenary spyware industry is facilitating the spread of authoritarian practices and contributing to massive human rights abuses.
Iran is an authoritarian system. At the end of the day, if the supreme leader wants this deal, he gets it, president Obama, whatever his critics think, is not a supreme leader. He's going to have much more trouble selling it here.
The government should take full cognizance of the fact that a particular regime is an authoritarian regime, it is suppressive of human rights ... and is likely to use force if necessary to protect its authority, if you look at human rights violations and you look at the use of force, sadly without any question over the last 12 months things have deteriorated in a pretty worrying way.
Maduro himself has little power; his survival reflects that those in his military and government with the power to act, are sufficiently implicated in years of the corruption of the Chavista system, for the moment, they fear the fallout from seeking to replace him by a democratic government – or a more competent authoritarian one – more than they fear the consequences of his bad policies.
Translations for authoritarian
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- autoritariCatalan, Valencian
- autoritářskýCzech
- autoritärGerman
- αυταρχικός, απολυταρχικόςGreek
- autoritarioSpanish
- autoritaarinenFinnish
- autoritaireFrench
- 横柄, 権柄ずく, 威圧的, 権威主義的Japanese
- autoritærNorwegian
- autoritærNorwegian Nynorsk
- autoritárioPortuguese
- autoritarRomanian
- авторитарныйRussian
- auktoritärSwedish
- అధికారTelugu
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