Considering obedience to authority more important than personal freedom.
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
behaves like a tyrant
likened to a dictator in severity
expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
a person behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
