| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority: authoritarian, autocrat, despot, dictator, martinet, tyrant. See OVER. 2. An absolute ruler, especially one who is harsh and oppressive: Big Brother, despot, dictator, führer, man on horseback, oppressor, strongman, tyrant. See OVER. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having and exercising complete political power and control: absolute, absolutistic, arbitrary, autarchic, autarchical, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannic, tyrannical, tyrannous. See OVER, POLITICS. 2. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical. See OVER.
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