authoritarian

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛəriən/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˌθɔrɪˈtɛriən, əˌθɑr-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə thôr′i târ′ē ən, ə thor′-)

au•thor•i•tar•i•an /əˌθɔrɪˈtɛriən, əˌθɑr-/USA pronunciation adj.

of, favoring, or requiring complete obedience to authority:an authoritarian military code.
Governmentof, relating to, or being a government in which authority is centered in one person or in a small group that has complete control over the people:an authoritarian regime.

au•thor•i•tar•i•an•ism, n. [uncountable]

au•thor•i•tar•i•an (ə thôr′i târ′ē ən, ə thor′-),USA pronunciation adj.

favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom:authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.
Governmentof or pertaining to a governmental or political system, principle, or practice in which individual freedom is held as completely subordinate to the power or authority of the state, centered either in one person or a small group that is not constitutionally accountable to the people.
exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others:an authoritarian parent.

au•thor′i•tar′i•an•ism, n.

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authoritarian /ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛərɪən/ adj

favouring, denoting, or characterized by strict obedience to authority
favouring, denoting, or relating to government by a small elite with wide powers
despotic; dictatorial; domineering

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