See Also: authoritarian(dictionary)
authoritarian(dictionary)
authoritarian personality(medicine)

authoritarian (iou)



authoritarian adjective & noun. L19.
[from AUTHORITY + -ARIAN.]
A. adjective. Favouring or characterized by obedience to (esp. political) authority as opp. to personal liberty; tyrannical, dictatorial. L19.
P. Nichols I don't want to sound authoritarian or fascist but there's only one useful approach to any human problem and that's a positive one. A. Storr A parent who is too dominant may become frightening, and no one would wish to advocate a return to the authoritarian rule of the Victorian pater familias. B. Magee Whereas a free society cannot impose common social purposes, a government with Utopian aims has to, and is bound to become authoritarian.
b. noun. A supporter of authoritarian principles or methods. L19.
authoritarianism noun E20.