Definitions of authoritarian:
- noun: a person behaves in an tyrannical manner
- adjective: likened to a dictator in severity
- adjective: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Example: "An authoritarian regime"
- adjective: expecting unquestioning obedience
Example: "The timid child of authoritarian parents"
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