authoritarian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: au=thor=i=tar=i=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

authoritarian, adj. 

•  characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; -- of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime  [WordNet 1.5]
•  expecting unquestioning obedience: "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"  [WordNet 1.5]

authoritarian, n. 

 behaves like a tyrant.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

authoritarian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 favouring, encouraging, or enforcing strict obedience to authority, as opposed to individual freedom.
2 tyrannical or domineering.
--n. a person favouring absolute obedience to a constituted authority.

Derivative

authoritarianism n.

THESAURUS

authoritarian

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