autoritair — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absolute adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
- authoritarian adj Demanding strict obedience and control, at the expense of individual freedom.
Senses
autoritair is used for these senses in English:
- absolute Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory. [first attested in the mid 1500s]
absolute — full definition
- adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
- adj Measured independently, without reference to anything else for comparison.
- noun Something that exists as a fixed, unconditional truth or standard.
authoritarian — full definition
- adj Demanding strict obedience and control, at the expense of individual freedom.
- noun A person who demands total obedience or a leader who rules with strict control.