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authoritarian

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

demanding strict obedience to authority

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Authoritarian in a sentence

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The authoritarian regime tolerated no dissent of any kind.

Synonyms
autocraticdictatorialdomineering
Antonyms
democraticpermissivelenient

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The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Authoritarian (adjective) means demanding strict obedience to authority
Here is authoritarian used in an example sentence: "The authoritarian regime tolerated no dissent of any kind."
Common synonyms for authoritarian include autocratic, dictatorial, domineering.
Antonyms of authoritarian include democratic, permissive, lenient.
Authoritarian is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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