Vocabulary Word
Word: authoritarian
Definition: subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father
Definition: subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father
Sentences Containing 'authoritarian'
Ted Galen Carpenter of the Cato Institute noted that while Communists movements tend to depose rival authoritarians, the traditional authoritarian regimes supported by the US came to power by overthrowing democracies.
However, when he became Prime Minister he abandoned his pre-election promises and employed an authoritarian model of governance.
Published in "Kolkata", a Bengali monthly, this letter caused his arrest, was widely circulated through the underground and became a classic of protest. Ghosh smuggled from prison two other letters on abuses of authoritarian rule before, in his cell, he suffered a third heart attack.
The character is very anti-authoritarian and frequently curses institutions such as the government, media and intelligence services.
It came as a shock to Burrow when he realized, "that, in individual application, analytical attitude and authoritarian attitude can not be separated."
He lost his last profession as curator of Leiden university in 1591, because of his authoritarian behaviour.
The January 1941 Rebellion, when Romania's authoritarian leader Ion Antonescu was confronted by a violent rising of his Iron Guard partners, made Aderca a victim of the parallel Bucharest pogrom.
Thus both Catholics and protectionists discovered that authoritarian rule can be an excellent thing when it serves their ambitions or interests, but a bad one when exercised at their expense.
After the return from Italy the general amnesty of August 16, 1859 had marked the evolution of the absolutist or authoritarian empire towards the liberal, and later parliamentary empire, which was to last for ten years.
The 1938 Constitution of Romania was the fundamental law that established the authoritarian monarchic regime of King Carol II.
Fatah also stated that: "In refusing to step aside, Elmasry and the CIC have demonstrated the authoritarian and dictatorial nature of their structure.[...]
Stambolov's style of governing during his regency was observed as being increasingly authoritarian.
A region which suffers authoritarian and social oppression, and where there is no real democratic experience.
Under the pressure of several coup attempts, real and perceived, Stevens' rule grew more and more authoritarian, and his relationship with some of his ardent supporters deteriorated.
He led relaxed rehearsals which orchestra members appreciated after the authoritarian Serge Koussevitzky.
Nina is very authoritarian with her children and she even beats them as a method of disciplining them.
In "Dictatorships and Double Standards," Kirkpatrick distinguished between authoritarian regimes and the totalitarian regimes such as the Soviet Union; she suggested that in some countries democracy was not tenable and the U.S. had a choice between endorsing authoritarian governments, which might evolve into democracies, or Marxist-Leninist regimes, which she argued had never been ended once they achieved totalitarian control.
In such tragic circumstances, she argued that allying with authoritarian governments might be prudent.
Further, they argue that the lack of freedoms, lack of economic opportunities, and the lack of secular general education in authoritarian regimes promotes radicalism and extremism.
An authoritarian leadership style is being used when a leader who dictates policies and procedures, decides what goals are to be achieved, and directs and controls all activities without any meaningful participation by the subordinates.
Authoritarian leaders are commonly referred to as autocratic leaders.
Authoritarian leaders make decisions independently with little or no input from the rest of the group.
Authoritarian leaders uphold stringent control over their followers by directly regulating rules, methodologies, and actions.
Authoritarian leaders construct gaps and build distance between themselves and their followers with the intention of stressing role distinctions.
Authoritarian leadership typically fosters little creativity in decision-making.
Lewin also found that it is more difficult to move from an authoritarian style to a democratic style than from a democratic form to an authoritarian form of leadership.
Abuse of this style is usually viewed as controlling, bossy and dictatorial. Authoritarian leadership is best applied to situations where there is little time for group discussion.
A common belief of many authoritarian leaders is that followers require direct supervision at all times or else they would not operate effectively.
In the minds of authoritarian leaders, people who are left to work autonomously will ultimately be unproductive.
Engelbert Dollfuss, chancellor of Austria from 1932 to 1934, destroyed the Austrian Republic and established an authoritarian regime based on conservative Roman Catholic and Italian Fascist principles.
Severely criticized by Social Democrats, Pan-German nationalists, and Austrian Nazis, he countered by drifting toward an increasingly authoritarian regime.
Hoping therewith to prevent Austria’s incorporation into Nazi Germany, he fought his domestic political opponents along fascist-authoritarian lines.
Adolf Hitler was extremely authoritarian.
She flourished in her ventures and in using her authoritarian leadership style.
This shows he was an authoritarian leader due to his motivation and direct contribution to how it was going to be accomplished.
According to Wickstrom, this goal is to be seen out through authoritarian and corrupt financial practices, multiculturalism, media infiltration, miscegenation and globalization.
He formalized the one-party state in 1964 with a new Constitution, which set up an authoritarian presidential regime.
After the coup d'état in December 1926, the newspaper stubbornly opposed the new authoritarian regime of Antanas Smetona, was censored, and even temporarily suspended.
The Movement of National Antifascist Unity () was a political platform of democratic organizations that struggled against the Portuguese authoritarian regime, led by António de Oliveira Salazar.
Roman families would include everyone within a household under the
authoritarian role of the father, the pater familias; this included grown children and the slaves of the household.
The form of government in such countries is often authoritarian in nature, and may comprise a dictatorship, warlordism, or a kleptocracy.
On 12th January 2009 the Libertarian Party (UK) was criticized by No Border Network for having authoritarian and anti-libertarian policies on immigration, in particular the treatment of asylum seekers.
They warned the latter might menace the oligarchy and threaten a military coup; they preferred an inefficient army to an authoritarian state.
The authoritarian constitution of 1772 was abolished and power was returned to parliament by the new Instrument of Government adopted on June 6, 1809.
Having been forced to hold free elections, the FSLN discovered that many Nicaraguans deeply resented the authoritarian rule of their revolutionary government.
In this regard, panchira was employed as a form of social satire, voicing a general mistrust of authoritarian regimes.
After the authoritarian turn in the Yugoslav Communist Party in 1972-73, which also affected Slovenia, Jambrek withdrew to purely academic work.
Although most sources agree that his rule at the Cape was authoritarian, beset by favoritism, and characterized by misuse of company assets, others claim that this was in no way unique to van der Stel's reign.
After Sofia dies, place is then assumed by Carmem, José Ricardo's ambitious and authoritarian sister, and Júnior's aunt.
Her attitude to democracy is so unsympathetic, at least as expressed by a character of whom Mrs. Christie evidently approves, that it reveals an unexpectedly authoritarian aspect of the author's nature".