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Authoritarian meaning
Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties. | Demanding obedience to authority; marked by authoritarianism; dictatorial, tyrannical. | Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.
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Many developing countries that once appeared to be transiting from authoritarian governance have become neither fully authoritarian nor manifestly democratic.
They displayed the biggest support for the late authoritarian president, embraced above average undemocratic attitudes, and supported authoritarian structures in general.
That number is growing and fast, and why is it ok to be a White liberal authoritarian leader but not a Black, Latino or other minority authoritarian conservative leader?
Is this something reported by the Internet Research Agency or a similar pro-authoritarian, anti-democracy organization paid by an authoritarian state?
Left wing political thinking is inherently authoritarian, so it shouldnt come as any surprise that left wing parties lurch off to authoritarian ways.
Another key difference is that command economies are usually authoritarian in nature, whereas economic planning in general can be either participatory and democratic or authoritarian.
Criticism Violence, revolution, and "Invisible dictatorship" main Bakunin has been accused of being a closet authoritarian by Marxists, Leninists, and other authoritarian Leftists.
The "nanny state" was punitive, austere, and authoritarian, the therapeutic state is touchy-feely, supportive – and even more authoritarian.
All the jokes about Germans being authoritarian-oriented seemed to be wrapped in this one guy.
Amid the praise for authoritarian leaders outside the U.S., Trump said he himself would serve as a dictator — only on day one of his second term.
And we as polite Canadians want to follow that authoritarian voice," she says.
Apparently, the “racialized structures of discrimination and injustice in Palestine” has nothing to do with the authoritarian, terrorist regimes that have run Palestine.
As flawed as democracies might be, they still seem better to me by far than authoritarian systems.
At FTX, though, Ellison’s job was less about dodging authoritarian governments and more about making money from the explosion of interest and investment in cryptocurrencies.
Authoritarian states have in the latestthe years become increasingly offensive in theiractions.
Authors like offer powerful examples of the monumental efforts, and despotic authoritarian regimes that would be necessary to implement and maintain it.
Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday offered to share the baby formula with the United States, highlighting shortages in a country that has put him under sanctions.
Blind obedience to an authoritarian God is a tradeoff for a secure attachment that was not experienced as a child.
But by importing large amounts of gas and oil, don’t we risk becoming dependent on authoritarian countries which often don’t respect human rights?
But there's also considerable doubt that diplomats from mostly Western democracies can find ways to influence, let alone stop, authoritarian nations that are more and more willing to use violence, or its threat, to pursue their interests.