authoritarian

Plural: authoritarians

Noun

• a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
• One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.
• One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.

Adjective Satellite

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
  • "an authoritarian regime"
• expecting unquestioning obedience
  • "the timid child of authoritarian parents"

Adj

• Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties.
• Demanding obedience to authority; marked by authoritarianism; dictatorial, tyrannical.
• Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.

Examples

• The authoritarian government was demanding stricter laws for low-wage peasants.
• the authoritarian personality
• The dictator was an authoritarian.

Synonyms

autocratic, despotic, dictator, dictatorial, overbearing, tyrannic, tyrannical, arrogant, bossy, commanding, haughty, imperious

Antonyms

democratic, humble, liberal, modest, servile

Anagrams of authoritarian