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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

  1. adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
  2. adj Measured independently, without reference to anything else for comparison.
  3. noun Something that exists as a fixed, unconditional truth or standard.

authoritarian — full definition

  1. adj Demanding strict obedience and control, at the expense of individual freedom.
  2. noun A person who demands total obedience or a leader who rules with strict control.

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