authoritarian

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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 TH AO2 R AH0 T EH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h2owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin auctor Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin auctōritāsbor. Old French autoritébor. Middle English auctorite English authority Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English authoritarian From authority + -arian, circa 1880.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سُلْطَوِيّ (sulṭawiyy) — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Catalan: autoritari — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 專制的 /专制的 (zhuānzhì de) — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Danish: autoritær — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Finnish: autoritaarinen — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• French: autoritaire — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Galician: autoritario — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• German: autoritär — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Greek: αυταρχικός (aftarchikós) — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Ido: autoritatema — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Indonesian: otoriter — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Japanese: 権威主義的な (ken'i shugiteki na) — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: autoritær — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Norwegian Nynorsk: autoritær — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Persian: اقتدارگرا (eqtedârgerâ) — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Polish: autorytarny — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Portuguese: autoritário — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Russian: авторита́рный (avtoritárnyj) — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Spanish: autoritario — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Swedish: auktoritär — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Ukrainian: авторита́рний (avtorytárnyj) — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Urdu: آمِراَنہ — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Vietnamese: chuyên chế — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Yiddish: אויטאָריטאַריש (oytoritarish) — of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority
• Albanian: autoritar — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Arabic: اِسْتِبْدَادِيّ (istibdādiyy) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Arabic: سُلْطَوِيّ (sulṭawiyy) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Armenian: ավտորիտար (avtoritar) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Azerbaijani: avtoritar — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Belarusian: аўтарыта́рны (awtarytárny) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Bulgarian: авторита́рен (avtoritáren) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Catalan: autoritari — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨裁的 /独裁的 (dúcái de) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Czech: autoritářský — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Danish: autoritær — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Dutch: autoritair — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Estonian: autoritaarne — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Finnish: autoritaarinen — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• French: autoritaire — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Galician: autoritario — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Georgian: ავტორიტარული (avṭoriṭaruli) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• German: autoritär — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Greek: απολυταρχικός (apolytarchikós) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Hungarian: tekintélyelvű — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Hungarian: autoriter — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Ido: autoritatema — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Indonesian: otoriter — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Japanese: 強権的な (kyōkenteki na) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Japanese: 権威主義的な (ken'i shugiteki na) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Japanese: 権柄ずくの (kempei zuku no) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Latvian: autoritārs — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Lithuanian: autoritarinis — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Macedonian: авторита́рен (avtoritáren) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Norwegian Bokmål: autoritær — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Norwegian Nynorsk: autoritær — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Polish: autorytatywny — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Portuguese: autoritário — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Romanian: autoritar — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Russian: авторита́рный (avtoritárnyj) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Serbo-Croatian: а̏уторита̄ран — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Serbo-Croatian: ȁutoritāran — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Slovak: autoritársky — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Slovene: avtoritaren — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Spanish: autoritario — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Swedish: auktoritär — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Turkish: otoriter — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Ukrainian: авторита́рний (avtorytárnyj) — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Uzbek: avtoritar — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Vietnamese: quyền uy — demanding obedience to authority; dictatorial
• Catalan: autoritari — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 高傲 (gāo'ào) — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 專橫 /专横 (zhuānhèng) — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Danish: autoritær — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Finnish: komenteleva — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Finnish: autoritaarinen — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• French: autoritaire — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Galician: autoritario — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Greek: αυταρχικός (aftarchikós) — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Indonesian: otoriter — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Japanese: 横柄な (ōhei na) — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Japanese: 傲慢な (gōman na) — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Japanese: 高慢な (kōman na) — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Māori: whakatopatopa — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: autoritær — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Norwegian Nynorsk: autoritær — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Polish: autorytarny — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Portuguese: autoritário — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Portuguese: mandão — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Russian: авторита́рный (avtoritárnyj) — tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority
• Arabic: مُتَسَلِّط (mutasalliṭ) — one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• Arabic: مُسْتَبِدّ (mustabidd) — one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨裁者 /独裁者 (dúcáizhě) — one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• Czech: autoritář — one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• Finnish: autoritaarinen johtaja — one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• Galician: autoritario — one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• Greek: απολυταρχικός (apolytarchikós) — one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• Japanese: 権威主義者 (ken'i shugisha) — one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 盲從者 /盲从者 (mángcóng zhě) — one who follows authority
• Finnish: esivaltaa totteleva henkilö — one who follows authority
• Japanese: 権威主義者 (ken'i shugisha) — one who follows authority