transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔ:θɒrɪteəriən, AM -θɔ:r- ]
( authoritarians)
If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian , you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
= dictatorial
ADJ : usu ADJ n [ disapproval ]
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An authoritarian is someone who is authoritarian.
Don became the overly strict authoritarian he felt his brother needed.
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