αυταρχικός — meaning in English
aftarchikos
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English meaning
- arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
- authoritarian adj Demanding strict obedience and control, at the expense of individual freedom.
- autocratic adj Having complete, unchecked control over how a country or group is governed.
Senses
αυταρχικός is used for these senses in English:
- arbitrary Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.
- authoritarian Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties.
- authoritarian Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.
- autocratic Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
arbitrary — full definition
- adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
- adj Used, in mathematics and logic, to mean "any one you like" out of all the possibilities — not random in the everyday sense, but unspecified.
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.
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