Pronunciation:
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thär-
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ter-
-n, -, -thr-Function: adjective
1 : expecting strict obedience to one's authority <had authoritarian parents>
2 : based on the principle that the leaders and not the people have the final authority <an authoritarian state>
- authoritarian noun
- au·thor·i·tar·i·an·ism
/---niz-m/ noun
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