Usually means: Strict control, limited personal freedoms.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word authoritarian:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. authoritarian: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. authoritarian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. authoritarian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. authoritarian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. authoritarian: Vocabulary.com
  6. Authoritarian, authoritarian: Wordnik
  7. authoritarian: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. authoritarian: Wiktionary
  9. authoritarian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. authoritarian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. authoritarian: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. authoritarian: Dictionary.com
  13. authoritarian: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Authoritarian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. authoritarian: Rhymezone
  16. authoritarian: Free Dictionary
  17. authoritarian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. authoritarian: Dictionary/thesaurus
  19. authoritarian: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  20. authoritarian: Merriam-Webster.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Authoritarian: Inflation Glossary
  2. authoritarian: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. authoritarian: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

(Note: See authoritarianism as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties.
adjective:  Demanding obedience to authority; marked by authoritarianism; dictatorial, tyrannical.
adjective:  Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.
noun:  One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.
noun:  One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.

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