authoritarian
പ്രമാണികൻ
definition
noun
The power structures may have changed, but authoritarians will still abuse power however they can.
an authoritarian person.
adjective
the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime
favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom.
example
Leaders of churches, for example, may be reluctant to advocate restrictive legislation because they are seen to represent 'authoritarian' institutions.
Staff were also concerned about 'authoritarian' management practices and a lack of transparency in appointments.
He was 'authoritarian' and intolerant but was also urbane and charming when he needed to be.
Their values - strict 'authoritarian' values in the conservatives' case - are what motivate them to enter the voting booth.
The calls strengthened public opinion that she is 'authoritarian' and allergic to criticism.
But the imposition of 'authoritarian' control and discipline creates exactly the opposite of the effect intended.
They are more old-fashioned and 'authoritarian' than their parents' generation and are very concerned about school discipline.
To modern ears, the scientific democrats' program may sound as deeply 'authoritarian' as the intellectual tyranny they feared.
She is many things - venal, arrogant, 'authoritarian' , ruthless - but she is no dummy.
His increasingly 'authoritarian' style of leadership has provoked some concern about the future of democracy in the country.
This ‘club’ is seen as arrogant and 'authoritarian' , even dangerous to the future security of the bulk of the world's population.
Their 'authoritarian' leaders were economic incompetents and intolerant of even the mildest expressions of dissent.
Historically, liberalism drew its strength from a critique of divinely sanctioned absolute monarchs and 'authoritarian' rule.
Children of 'authoritarian' parents lacked social skills with their peers.
More than anyone else at the time, he had reason to be arrogant and 'authoritarian' .
This is a model for arbitrary 'authoritarian' government.
These rules had been strongly enforced during 'authoritarian' regimes to the point that people risked imprisonment or even death if they failed to follow them.
There is an ongoing tension between a single, 'authoritarian' reading and multiple and emancipatory readings of a text.
This probably will be the nature of the political cycle that is now beginning - neither wholly democratic nor wholly 'authoritarian' .
Medieval society was 'authoritarian' and oppressive; if you entertained views different from those of the authorities, you kept quiet about it.
During the 'authoritarian' era, people dared not speak out about the abuse of power or privilege, no matter how angry they were.
There is a lot at stake in this issue - principally the question of whether the democratic or the 'authoritarian' principle will be ascendant in social relations today.
The country had long been under the rule of a corrupt dictator whose 'authoritarian' rule had alienated the masses.
The historiography reveals insights into the 'authoritarian' mindset of freedom fighters shaped as a product of oppression and armed resistance.
There is something almost 'authoritarian' to the strict order of this arrangement.
Socrates complains that a text, unlike a talking person, is 'authoritarian' , eliminating dialogue.
The church and the Communist Party were both, it used to be argued, dogmatic and 'authoritarian' institutions, demanding obedience and total commitment.
On World Freedom Day, we also recognize that more than two billion people still live under 'authoritarian' regimes.
I thought that the process was in some ways too 'authoritarian' ; that people were driven to meet deadlines and driven to attend meetings on short notice.
The system is a hard-to-classify blend of democratic and 'authoritarian' features.
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