believing that people should obey authority and rules, even when these are unfair, and even if it means that they lose their personal freedom an authoritarian regime/government/state The school was very authoritarian and exam-oriented. Father was an authoritarian figure.
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Father was a strict authoritarian.
NAmE//‑ˈtɛriəˌnɪzəm//
noun [uncountable]See authoritarian in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: authoritarian