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Definition: Authoritarian |
AuthoritarianAdjective1. 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". 2. Likened to a dictator in severity. 3. Expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter". Noun1. Behaves like a tyrant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: AuthoritarianSynonyms: autocratic (adj), despotic (adj), dictatorial (adj), overbearing (adj), tyrannical (adj), dictator (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Authoritarian |
| English words defined with "authoritarian": autocratic ♦ Big Brother ♦ despotic, dictatorial ♦ fascism, fascist ♦ overbearing ♦ tyrannical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "authoritarian": cypherpunk. (references) |
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Business | Some unions are democratic, but corruption or authoritarian and strong- arm tactics are common in others. (references) | |
Children | Lithuania | The prevalence of authoritarian values in family upbringing discouraged more active measures against child abuse; however, the press reported increases in cruelty to children, including sexual abuse, intentional starvation, beatings, and killings. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Singapore | The Government's authoritarian style has fostered an atmosphere inimical to free speech and a free press. (references) |
Slovenia | In theory and practice, the media enjoyed full journalistic freedom; however, for over 40 years the country was ruled by an authoritarian Communist political system, and reporting about domestic politics may be influenced to some degree by self-censorship and occasional indirect political pressures. (references) | |
Economic History | Burma | Burma is ruled by a highly authoritarian military regime. (references) |
Nicaragua | The FSLN established an authoritarian dictatorship soon after taking power. (references) | |
Syria | The authoritarian regime was not without its critics, though most were quickly dealt with. (references) | |
Political Economy | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with limited civil rights. (references) |
Tajikistan | Tajikistan is ruled by an authoritarian regime that has established some nominally democratic institutions. (references) | |
Syria | Syria is an authoritarian state with what is effectively a one-party system and few if any formal institutions of civil society. (references) | |
Political Rights | Indonesia | In 1999 citizens for the first time successfully changed their government through an open, transparent democratic process, following decades of authoritarian rule. (references) |
Congo | On January 16, President Laurent Desire Kabila, whose AFDL overthrew the authoritarian regime of Mobutu Sese Seko by armed force in 1997, was assassinated by one of his guards. (references) | |
Indonesia | The MPR is empowered to amend the Constitution and issue decrees, functions that it undertook in the first of its newly instituted "Annual Sessions" held in August 2000. A key demand of the reform movement was an overhaul of the 1945 Constitution, which was perceived to have fostered the development of past authoritarian regimes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Authoritarian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Authoritarian" is used about 472 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 472 | 12,530 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "authoritarian": authoritarian-democratic, authoritarian-patriarchal, authoritarian-plebiscitary. | |
Ending with "authoritarian": anti-authoritarian, non-authoritarian. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "authoritarian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | autoritar (authoritative, commanding, domineering, high handed, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing, peremptory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مؤيد لمبدأ إخضاع الفرد وحقوقه. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | авторитарен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 独裁 (Autocratic, Autocratical, Autocratically, Bossy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | autoritářský (peremptory), autoritář (disciplinarian), panovaèný (high handed, imperious, masterful, possessive, tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | طرفدارتمرکزقدرت دردست یکنفر, طرفداراستبداد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | autoritaarinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | autoritaire (authoritative), partisan de l'autorité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | autoritär. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απολυταρχικόσ (absolute, absolutist, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, totalitarian), απολυταρχία (absolutism, autarchy, autocracy, despotism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סמכותי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tekintélyelvű. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | autoritario (authoritative, bossy, masterful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 権威的 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | け"いてき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | smaghtagh (afflicting, castigatory, correction, disciplinarian, masterful, restraining, restrictive, subduer, tameable, victor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | authoritarianay autoritário (bossy, commanding, dictatorial, dog-cheap, domineering, emphatic, magisterial, masterful, overbearing, peremptory, self-assertive), partidário do autoritarismo. (various references) авторитарный. (various references) diktatorski (dictatorial, magisterial), bespogovorni. (various references) autoritario (authoritative, bossy, peremptory). (various references) auktoritär, diktatorisk (dictatorial, magisterial, peremptory, totalitarian), despotisk (despotic, domineering). (various references) เผ"็จการ, ผู้ที่เผ"็จการ. (various references) otoriter (authoritative, bossy, domineering, imperious, strict), otorite yanlısı. (various references) владний (arbitrary, authoritative, dictatorial, high and mighty, high handed, imperative, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing), авторитарний, прихильник авторитарної влади. (various references) người độc đoán. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "authoritarian": authoritarianism, authoritarianisms, authoritarians. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "authoritarian": antiauthoritarian, nonauthoritarian. (additional references) | |
Words containing "authoritarian": antiauthoritarianism, antiauthoritarianisms. (additional references) | |
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"Authoritarian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: authoratarian, authoritariah, authoriterian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "authoritarian" (pronounced uthô'rute"rēun) |
| 7 | -u t e" r ē u n | egalitarian, humanitarian, majoritarian, proletarian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, vegetarian. |
| 6 | -t e" r ē u n | libertarian, nonsectarian, parliamentarian, sectarian. |
| 5 | -e" r ē u n | agrarian, barbarian, carrion, centenarian, Clarion, contrarian, disciplinarian, librarian, octogenarian, ovarian, planarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, veterinarian. |
| 4 | -r ē u n | centurion, criterion, Cyprian, equestrian, historian, hyperborean, pagurian, pedestrian, praetorian, presbyterian, salutatorian, valedictorian, valerian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, alien, amphibian, arcadian, bohemian, Campion, chameleon, champion, circadian, collodion, comedian, custodian, draconian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, herculean, lesbian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, oblivion, obsidian, Odeon, plutonian, scorpion, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, utopian. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-h-i-i-n-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-4 letters: natatoria. | |
-5 letters: antiriot, irritant, nitrator, tithonia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-h-i-i-n-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: authoritarians. | |
+3 letters: authoritarianism, nonauthoritarian. | |
+4 letters: antiauthoritarian, authoritarianisms. | |
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