authoritarian

As nouns the difference between authoritarian and arbitrariness

is that authoritarian is one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority while arbitrariness is the quality or state of being arbitrary.

As an adjective authoritarian

is of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

As adjectives the difference between democratic and authoritarian

is that democratic is pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people while authoritarian is of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

As a noun authoritarian is

one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

As nouns the difference between authoritarian and oppressor

is that authoritarian is one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority while oppressor is someone who oppresses another or others.

As an adjective authoritarian

is of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

As adjectives the difference between orwellian and authoritarian

is that orwellian is resembling the totalitarian political methods decried in the works of british democratic socialist and writer ; characterized by use of misleading terminology, propaganda, censorship, totalitarianism, surveillance and repression while authoritarian is of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

As a noun authoritarian is

one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

As adjectives the difference between sterner and authoritarian

is that sterner is comparative of stern while authoritarian is of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

As nouns the difference between sterner and authoritarian

is that sterner is a director while authoritarian is one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

As nouns the difference between totalitarianism and authoritarian

is that totalitarianism is a system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship while authoritarian is one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

As an adjective authoritarian is

of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

Authoritarian is a antonym of liberal.

As adjectives the difference between liberal and authoritarian

is that liberal is pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which was considered "worthy of a free man" (as opposed to {{term|servile|lang=en}}, {{term|lang=en|vocational}}, {{term|mechanical|lang=en}}); worthy, befitting a gentleman while authoritarian is of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

As nouns the difference between liberal and authoritarian

is that liberal is one with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism) while authoritarian is one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

As a proper noun Liberal

is a member or supporter of a Liberal Party.

As nouns the difference between friend and authoritarian

is that friend is a quaker; a member of the while authoritarian is one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

As a proper noun friend

is .

As an adjective authoritarian is

of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

As nouns the difference between stern and authoritarian

is that stern is a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky while authoritarian is one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

As an adjective authoritarian is

of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.