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Antonyms for authoritarian

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : uh-thawr-i-tair-ee-uh n, uh-thor-
Phonetic Transcription : əˌθɔr ɪˈtɛər i ən, əˌθɒr-


Definition of authoritarian

Origin :
  • 1862, "favoring imposed order over freedom," from authority + -an. Cf. authoritative, which originally had this meaning to itself. Noun in the sense of one advocating or practicing such governance is from 1859.
  • adj domineering
  • noun domineering person
Example sentences :
  • At this yielding he, being by nature an authoritarian, seemed not a little pleased.
  • Extract from : « The God of Love » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • He has the harsh, authoritarian manner of the provincial of importance.
  • Extract from : « Three Plays » by Luigi Pirandello
  • These are the authoritarian or State Socialist and the individualist methods.
  • Extract from : « Anarchy » by Errico Malatesta
  • A third point to be noted is the authoritarian character of the regime of the future.
  • Extract from : « The Idea of Progress » by J. B. Bury
  • The authoritarian nightmare of the 1960s has come home for them.
  • Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
  • To assume this would be to make of the "citizen" an "authoritarian" democrat.
  • Extract from : « Anarchism and Socialism » by George Plechanoff
  • Only it will not come about in the way dreamt of by Phalansterians, nor in the manner often imagined by authoritarian Communists.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Bread » by Peter Kropotkin
  • It is not for us to answer the objections raised by authoritarian Communism—we ourselves hold with them.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Bread » by Peter Kropotkin
  • On the one hand we see conservatives, authoritarian and centralist in trend, the devotees of "Studententum" of the old style.
  • Extract from : « The Forerunners » by Romain Rolland
  • Charles I not only believed in the divine right of kings and was authoritarian; he was the ultimate autocrat.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly

Synonyms for authoritarian

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