English-Dutch translations for authoritarian

• autoritair
  Alle drie de grote partijen huldigen autoritaire beginselen. All three big parties are authoritarian.
  Het bewind van president Mugabe is autoritair en corrupt. The Mugabe regime is authoritarian and corrupt.
  De autoritaire grondwet is geamendeerd. The authoritarian Constitution has been amended.

Definition of authoritarian

• Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties
• Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority

Examples

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

Related words

• anti-authoritarianism
• authoritarianism
• antiauthoritarian
• antiauthoritarianism
• unauthoritarian