Definitions for authoritarian

authoritarian au·thor·i·tar·i·an

Spelling: [uh-thawr-i-tair-ee-uh n, uh-thor-]
IPA: /əˌθɔr ɪˈtɛər i ən, əˌθɒr-/

Authoritarian is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 500 anagrams from letters in authoritarian (aaahiinorrttu).

Definitions for authoritarian

adjective

  1. favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom:
  2. of or relating 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.
  3. exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others:

noun

  1. a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.

Origin of authoritarian

First recorded in 1875-80; authorit(y) + -arian

Examples for authoritarian

At this yielding he, being by nature an authoritarian, seemed not a little pleased.

Rivers continued on her political, authoritarian monologue by describing what kind of tyrant she would be.

And yes, that authoritarian, patriarchal guru-power structure, invariably, always leads to abuses.

These are the authoritarian or State Socialist and the individualist methods.

A third point to be noted is the authoritarian character of the regime of the future.

Coaches have, nevertheless, found Zaatari a somewhat more accommodating sporting environment than their authoritarian homeland.

Perhaps that name should not be felt so ruefully today, despite the reversion to authoritarian control in Egypt.

The crisis in neighbouring Ukraine has rattled Alexander Lukashenko's authoritarian regime.

The authoritarian nightmare of the 1960s has come home for them.

He has the harsh, authoritarian manner of the provincial of importance.

Word Value for authoritarian
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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