Lexic.us

Definition of Authoritarian

1. Noun. A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner. "My boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"

2. Adjective. Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty. "A tyrannical government"

3. Adjective. Expecting unquestioning obedience. "Insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

Definition of Authoritarian

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority. ¹

2. Adjective. Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial. ¹

3. Adjective. Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one was an authority. ¹

4. Noun. One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority. ¹

5. Noun. One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority. ¹

6. Noun. An organization or state which enforces strong or oppressive measures against its population. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Authoritarian

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Authoritarian

authoring language authoring program authoring programs authorings authorisable authorisation authorisations authorise authorised authorised term

authorised terms authoriser authorises authorising authorism authoritarian (current term) authoritarian personality authoritarianism authoritarians authoritative

authoritatively authoritativeness authoritie authorities authority authority figure authorityless authorizable authorization authorizations

Literary usage of Authoritarian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Russia's Wrong Direction: What the United States Can and Should Do : Report by John Edwards, Jack Kemp (2006)
"... Dealing C—' with an authoritarian Russia Democratic Legitimacy The Bush administration has been right to acknowledge, as it has done in the past year, ..."

2. Capital, the State, and Labour: A Global Perspective by Juliet Schor, Jong-Il You (1995)
"Indeed, the persistence of the authoritarian capital-labour relations in Korea until ... Also, the macroeconomic structure was such that the authoritarian ..."

3. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"Albright made a valid point when she commented that 'authoritarian leaders often delude themselves that they are loved, but the smiles they see are usually ..."

4. Justice as Prevention: Vetting Public Employees in Transitional Societies by Alexander Mayer-rieckh, Pablo De Greiff (2007)
"... CHAPTER 3 Swift Gradualism and Variable Outcomes: Vetting in Post-authoritarian Greece Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos ..."

5. States, Markets, and Just Growth: Development in the Twenty-first Century by Atul Kohli, Chung-in Moon, Georg Sørensen (2003)
"The economic and political performance of many authoritarian regimes came to be increasingly questioned over the 1980s, leading to major political changes. ..."

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