Synonyms for authoritarian
əˌθɔr ɪˈtɛər i ən, əˌθɒr-au·thor·i·tar·i·an

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1. authoritarianadjective

   Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

   The dictator was an authoritarian.

   Synonyms:
   imperious, commanding

2. authoritarianadjective

   Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial.

   The authoritarian government was demanding stricter laws for low-wage peasants.

   Synonyms:
   commanding, imperious

3. authoritarianadjective

   Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one was an authority.

   Synonyms:
   imperious, commanding

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1. authoritarian, dictatoradjective

   a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

   "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"

   Synonyms:
   dictator, potentate

   Antonyms:
   submissive, democratic

2. authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannicaladjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   tyrannical, despotical, overbearing, despotic, high-and-mighty, autocratic, oppressive, bossy, dictatorial, magisterial, peremptory, tyrannous, dominating, tyrannic

   Antonyms:
   democratic, submissive

3. authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearingadjective

   expecting unquestioning obedience

   "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

   Synonyms:
   tyrannical, sniffy, overbearing, haughty, despotic, lordly, autocratic, prideful, dictatorial, imperious, swaggering, supercilious, disdainful, tyrannic

   Antonyms:
   democratic, submissive

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1. List of paraphrases for "authoritarian":

   bossy, autocratic, authoritative, totalitarian, dictatorial, authoritarianism, tyrannical, despotic

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How to use authoritarian in a sentence?

1. Chrystia Freeland:

   Coordinated action and cooperation are needed to build resilience and reinforce our democratic institutions and process against foreign interference by state and non-state actors, there is a concern within the G7 countries that authoritarian states are actively working to undermine democratic systems ... today we said 'enough is enough'.

2. Joseph Wu:

   It's about Chinese authoritarianism trying to expand its own influence... Far beyond its borders, even into the Western hemisphere, they want to exercise their authoritarian rule and impose the authoritarian international order.

3. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein:

   It is potentially a gift to authoritarian regimes, as well as to criminal hackers.

4. Mike Pompeo:

   It's not fake news for you to broadcast that this is the greatest nation the world has ever known. I'm not saying ignore our faults. Acknowledge them, but this isn't the' Vice of America,' focusing on everything that's wrong with our great nation. It certainly isn't the place to give authoritarian regimes in Beijing or Tehran a platform.

5. Evan Greer:

   Facial recognition is one of the most authoritarian and invasive forms of surveillance ever created, and its spreading like an epidemic. ... We need to ban this technology outright, treat it like biological or nuclear weapons, and prevent it from proliferating before its too late.