اِسْتِبْدَادِيّ adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
سُلْطَوِيّ adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
سُلْطَوِيّ adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
مُتَسَلِّط noun (one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority)

Armenian

1 entries

ավտորիտար adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

avtoritar adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Belarusian

1 entries

аўтарыта́рны adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Bulgarian

1 entries

авторита́рен adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Catalan

3 entries

autoritari adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritari adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritari adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Chinese Mandarin

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專制的 /专制的 adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
專橫 /专横 adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)
獨裁的 /独裁的 adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
高傲 adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Czech

2 entries

autoritářský adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritář noun (one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority)

Danish

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autoritær adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritær adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritær adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Dutch

1 entries

autoritair adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Estonian

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autoritaarne adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Finnish

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autoritaarinen adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritaarinen adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritaarinen adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)
komenteleva adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

French

3 entries

autoritaire adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritaire adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritaire adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Galician

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autoritario adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritario adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritario adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)
autoritario noun (one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority)

Georgian

1 entries

ავტორიტარული adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

German

2 entries

autoritär adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritär adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Greek

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απολυταρχικός adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
αυταρχικός adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
αυταρχικός adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)
απολυταρχικός noun (one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority)

Hungarian

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tekintélyelvű adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Indonesian

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otoriter adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
otoriter adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
otoriter adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Japanese

4 entries

傲慢な adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)
強権的な adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
権威主義的な adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
権威主義的な adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Latvian

1 entries

autoritārs adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Lithuanian

1 entries

autoritarinis adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Macedonian

1 entries

авторита́рен adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Māori

1 entries

whakatopatopa adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

autoritær adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritær adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritær adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

autoritær adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritær adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritær adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Polish

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autorytarny adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autorytarny adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)
autorytatywny adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Portuguese

4 entries

autoritário adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritário adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
autoritário adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)
mandão adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Romanian

1 entries

autoritar adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Russian

3 entries

авторита́рный adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
авторита́рный adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
авторита́рный adj (tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ȁutoritāran adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)
а̏уторита̄ран adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Slovak

1 entries

autoritársky adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Slovene

1 entries

avtoritaren adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Spanish

2 entries

autoritario adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
autoritario adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Swedish

2 entries

auktoritär adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
auktoritär adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Turkish

1 entries

otoriter adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Ukrainian

2 entries

авторита́рний adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
авторита́рний adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Uzbek

1 entries

avtoritar adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Vietnamese

2 entries

chuyên chế adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
quyền uy adj (demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial)

Yiddish

1 entries

אויטאָריטאַריש adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)

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Human rights groups are putting pressure on authoritarian governments.

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In my analysis I rely considerably on the types of authoritarian behaviour first analyzed by Kurz.

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State Capitalism could be democratic or authoritarian.

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Staff couldn't handle the new Minister's authoritarian management style, and left en masse.

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