authoritarian
ਤਾਨਾਸ਼ਾਹ
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
Their 'authoritarian' leaders were economic incompetents and intolerant of even the mildest expressions of dissent.
During the 'authoritarian' era, people dared not speak out about the abuse of power or privilege, no matter how angry they were.
Socrates complains that a text, unlike a talking person, is 'authoritarian' , eliminating dialogue.
This probably will be the nature of the political cycle that is now beginning - neither wholly democratic nor wholly 'authoritarian' .
More than anyone else at the time, he had reason to be arrogant and 'authoritarian' .
How does the world's biggest 'authoritarian' government address the boundless freedom of the Internet?
There is something almost 'authoritarian' to the strict order of this arrangement.
To modern ears, the scientific democrats' program may sound as deeply 'authoritarian' as the intellectual tyranny they feared.
There is an ongoing tension between a single, 'authoritarian' reading and multiple and emancipatory readings of a text.
The system is a hard-to-classify blend of democratic and 'authoritarian' features.
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.
His increasingly 'authoritarian' style of leadership has provoked some concern about the future of democracy in the country.
The country had long been under the rule of a corrupt dictator whose 'authoritarian' rule had alienated the masses.
On World Freedom Day, we also recognize that more than two billion people still live under 'authoritarian' regimes.
In an 'authoritarian' state, those in power set the limit of freedom.
He was 'authoritarian' and intolerant but was also urbane and charming when he needed to be.
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.
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.
They are more old-fashioned and 'authoritarian' than their parents' generation and are very concerned about school discipline.
Staff were also concerned about 'authoritarian' management practices and a lack of transparency in appointments.
This is a model for arbitrary 'authoritarian' government.
The calls strengthened public opinion that she is 'authoritarian' and allergic to criticism.
Medieval society was 'authoritarian' and oppressive; if you entertained views different from those of the authorities, you kept quiet about it.
Civil society is always subversive of totalitarian or 'authoritarian' power: in democracies, it sets limits on the exercise of legitimate power.
There is no government bureaucracy more arrogant, unaccountable, and 'authoritarian' .
Leaders of churches, for example, may be reluctant to advocate restrictive legislation because they are seen to represent 'authoritarian' institutions.
I'm thinking maybe it's some form of 'authoritarian' arrogance.
Historically, liberalism drew its strength from a critique of divinely sanctioned absolute monarchs and 'authoritarian' rule.
She is many things - venal, arrogant, 'authoritarian' , ruthless - but she is no dummy.
But the imposition of 'authoritarian' control and discipline creates exactly the opposite of the effect intended.
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