authoritarian

Definition of authoritarian in English English dictionary: Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial
The authoritarian government was demanding stricter laws for low-wage peasants.; One who prefers, or one who enforces, absolute obedience to an authority
Michael was an authoritarian.; Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one was an authority; An organization or state which enforces strong or oppressive measures against its population; A totalitarian; Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority; disapproval If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves. Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule. = dictatorial An authoritarian is someone who is authoritarian. Don became the overly strict authoritarian he felt his brother needed. strictly forcing people to obey a set of rules or laws, especially ones that are wrong or unfair; {i} dictator, tyrant, despot; a person behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"; likened to a dictator in severity; 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"; expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"; {s} despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian
Authoritarianism: A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Authoritarianism: > political situation in which one person or a small group of people have absolute or nearly absolute control
Authoritarianism: political situation in which one person or a small group of people have absolute or nearly absolute control
Authoritarianism: A type of restrictive governmental system where people are under the rule of an individual, such as a dictator or king, or a group, such as a party or military junta
Authoritarianism: A system of government in which leaders are not subjected to the test of free elections
Authoritarianism: Form of government in which the rulers exercise authority without the consent of the governed No to be confused with its different sub-groups such as absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, or totalitarianism
Authoritarianism: An illegitimate system of rule by fear and arbitrary violence, usually in the hands of one spectacular leader - often a power-hungry monster like Uganda's Idi Amin, often a visionary who uses violence to attain his ends - like Napoleon or Castro
Authoritarianism: A political system where the administration of government is centralized The ruler's personality may play an important role in maintaining the system and advancing the notion and practice of extreme authority as a political virtue It is characterized by the curtailment of individual freedoms; excessive reliance on actual, and the threat of, violence and punishment; virtual unaccountability of government officals; and the aversion of the decision-making process to consultation, persuasion and the necessity of forging a policy consensus
Authoritarianism: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc )
authoritarianism: Authoritarianism is the state of being authoritarian or the belief that people with power, especially the State, have the right to control other people's actions. Principle of unqualified submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. As a political system, authoritarianism is antidemocratic in that political power is concentrated in a leader or small elite not constitutionally responsible to those governed. It differs from totalitarianism in that authoritarian governments usually lack a guiding ideology, tolerate some pluralism in social organization, lack the power to mobilize the whole population in pursuit of national goals, and exercise their power within relatively predictable limits. See also absolutism, dictatorship
authoritarianism: A form of government distinguished by absolute power in the executive branch of a state and little legislative or judicial control over the executive branch; the power rests generally on coercive force, rather than on the popular assembly
authoritarianism: {i} belief in total submission to government authority
authoritarians: plural of authoritarian