Despotic vs Authoritarian - What's the difference?
despotic | authoritarian |
Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.
Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial.
Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one was an authority.
One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.
One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.
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As adjectives the difference between despotic and authoritarian
is that despotic is of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant 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.despotic
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Alternative forms
* despotickAdjective
(en adjective)- This despotic age of the empire ended in a revolt.
- The despotic king dissolved the parliament, and took personal control of the country.
Synonyms
* (acting or ruling as a despot) domineering, tyrannicalauthoritarian
English
(wikipedia authoritarian)Adjective
(en adjective)- The authoritarian government was demanding stricter laws for low-wage peasants.
Synonyms
* (sense, tending to impose one's demands) commanding, imperious * (characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority) illiberal, oppressive * See alsoAntonyms
* (characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority) liberalDerived terms
* authoritarianism * antiauthoritarianNoun
(en noun)- The dictator was an authoritarian .