0 demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as they wish:
an authoritarian regime/government/ruler
1 someone who demands that people obey completely and refuses to allow them freedom to act as they wish:
2 demanding total obedience to those in positions of authority:
Her management style is too authoritarian.
The country's authoritarian regime maintains tight control over the media.
He was the country's first democratically chosen leader after four decades of authoritarian rule.
His critics attacked him as an authoritarian, and indeed he has a bullying streak.
In the past, presidents with close ties to the military were authoritarians who used troops to quash dissent.
His statement managed to please authoritarians while being just about reassuring enough to civil libertarians.
