Hypertext Webster Gateway: "authoritarian"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
authoritarian
adj 1: 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" [syn: {autocratic}, {dictatorial},
{despotic}, {tyrannical}]
2: likened to a dictator in severity [syn: {dictatorial}]
3: expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and
dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents";
"insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
[syn: {dictatorial}, {overbearing}]
n : behaves like a tyrant [syn: {dictator}]
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