Authoritarian

[n] a person behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
[adj] characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
[adj] expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
[adj] likened to a dictator in severity

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Synonyms

autocratic, despotic, dictator, dictatorial, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical, undemocratic, unpermissive

Related Terms

absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, ascendant, astringent, austere, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, autonomous, bigot, bigoted, borne, bossy, bureaucratic, civic, civil, closed, clothed with authority, commanding,