authoritarian

Speech parts

1. authoritarian - Noun

2. authoritarian - Adjective

3. authoritarian - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

expecting unquestioning obedience

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Examples

We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian. Lionel Trilling

Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material. Susan Sontag

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. Potter Stewart

The market is sovereign and in the magic economy of the small entrepreneur there is no authoritarian center... in the political sphere... the equilibrium of powers prevails, and hence there is no chance of despotism. C. Wright Mills

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact. Daniel Kahneman

The hope in the hearts of millions of national socialists can be fulfilled only by an authoritarian government. Franz von Papen

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