authoritarian.

Favoring strict obedience to authority over individual freedom or independent judgment.

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Words that belong together

• authoritarian regime
• authoritarian parent

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The school reproduced the authoritarian habits of the city outside.

Her authoritarian father mistook disagreement for disloyalty.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more authoritarian; superlative most authoritarian where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.