English

Detailed Synonyms for authoritarian in English

authoritarian:

authoritarian adj

  1. authoritarian
  2. authoritarian
    – characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty 1
    authoritarian; autocratic; despotic; dictatorial; tyrannical; tyrannic
    – characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty 1
  3. authoritarian
    – expecting unquestioning obedience 1
    authoritarian; overbearing; dictatorial
    – expecting unquestioning obedience 1

authoritarian [the ~] nom

  1. the authoritarian
    – a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner 1
    the authoritarian; the dictator
    – a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner 1

Alternate Synonyms for "authoritarian":


Related Definitions for "authoritarian":

  1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty1
    • an authoritarian regime1
  2. expecting unquestioning obedience1
    • the timid child of authoritarian parents1
  3. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner1

Related Synonyms for authoritarian