Human rights groups are putting pressure on authoritarian governments.
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Authoritarian
/əˌθɔɹ.əˈtɛɹ.i.ən/
Synonyms for "authoritarian" (239 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Noun(12 words)
dictatorabusersautocratautocraticautocratic leadershipautocratic regimeautocratsbaathistcentralizedcoercivecoercive actioncoercive forcing
absoluteabsolutistabsolutisticarbitraryaristocraticarrogantascendantastringentaustereauthoritativeauthorizedautocraticautonomousbigotbigotedbornebossybureaucraticciviccivil
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closedclosed mindedclothed with authoritycommandingcompetentconsequentialconsiderableconstitutionalconstricted
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (72)
controllingcrampedcreedbounddeafdeaf to reasondemandingdemocraticdespoticdictatorialdoctrinairedogmaticdominantdomineeringdourduly constitutedeminentempoweredex officioexactingexigent
Noun(13 words)
despotdespoticdictatorialdictatorial regimedirect rule eradisciplinariandisciplinariansdogmatistdraconianfascistafascistsgeneralissimojanissary
Adjective(10 words)
despoticdespoticaldictatorialdictatorial leadershipdogmaticaldystopianforceful leadershipgerman autokratiehitlerianintolerant
Related words (119)
littlelittle mindedlittle-mindedlordlymagisterialmagistralmasterfulmatriarchalmatriarchicmeanmean-mindedmean-spiritedmeticulousmightymomentousmonarchalmonarchialmonarchicmonarchicalmonocratic
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narrownarrow gaugenarrow mindednarrow-heartednarrow-mindednarrow-soulednarrow-spiritednearsightedofficialoligarchaloligarchicoppressiveoverbearingoverrulingparliamentarianparliamentaryparochialpatriarchalpatriarchicperemptorypettypluralisticpoliticalpotentpowerfulpreeminentprescriptiveprestigiousprominentprovincialpuissantpurblindrankingrepressiverepublicanruggedrulingself-governingseniorsevereshortsightedsmallsmall mindedsmall-mindedspartanspartanicsternstraitlacedstrictstringentstuffysubstantialsuperiorsuppressivesupremetheocratictotaltotalitariantoughtyrannicaltyrannousuncatholicuncharitableungenerousunliberalunsparingunyieldingweighty
Noun(21 words)
maoist regimemilitary commandermore napoleonicnazinon-democratic stateoppressivepersonal rulepraetorian guardprocrustesramroddingrepressingsalazarschoolmarmsstalinisttokugawatop down management styletotalitarianstyrannicaltyrantundemocratic regime
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Adjective(10 words)
napoleonicorwellianoverbearingoverpoweringpraetorian edictstate coerciontotalistictyrannictyrannicalundemocratic procedure
Related word relations
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
8 entriesauthoritarian governanceauthoritarian governmentauthoritarian leaderauthoritarian leadershipauthoritarian politicsauthoritarian regimeauthoritarian ruleauthoritarian state
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سُلْطَوِيّ adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Catalan
1 entries- autoritari adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 專制的 /专制的 adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Danish
1 entries- autoritær adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Finnish
1 entries- autoritaarinen adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
French
1 entries- autoritaire adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Galician
1 entries- autoritario adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
German
1 entries- autoritär adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Greek
1 entries- αυταρχικός adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Indonesian
1 entries- otoriter adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Japanese
1 entries- 権威主義的な adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- autoritær adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- autoritær adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Polish
1 entries- autorytarny adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Portuguese
1 entries- autoritário adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Russian
1 entries- авторита́рный adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Spanish
1 entries- autoritario adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Swedish
1 entries- auktoritär adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Ukrainian
1 entries- авторита́рний adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chuyên chế adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויטאָריטאַריש adj (of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
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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