transcription, транскрипция: [ ȯ-ˌthär-ə-ˈter-ē-ən, ə-, -ˌthȯr- ]
adjective
Date: 1879
1. : of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
had authoritarian parents
2. : of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people
an authoritarian regime
• authoritarian noun
• au·thor·i·tar·i·an·ism -ē-ə-ˌni-zəm noun