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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 Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

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

  1. adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  2. 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

  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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