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1. Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
   "an authoritarian regime"
   - autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
    
2. Expecting unquestioning obedience
   "the timid child of authoritarian parents"
   - dictatorial, overbearing

1. A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
   - dictator

Derived forms: authoritarians

See also: domineering, undemocratic

Type of: oppressor

Encyclopedia: Authoritarian