favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom

authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.

of or pertaining to a governmental or political system, principle, or practice in which individual freedom is held as completely subordinate to the power or authority of the state, centered either in one person or a small group that is not constitutionally accountable to the people.

exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others

an authoritarian parent.

a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.

adjective

democratic , liberal

adjective

absolute , authoritative , autocratic , despotic , dictatorial , disciplinarian , doctrinaire , dogmatic , harsh , imperious , magisterial , rigid , severe , strict , totalitarian , tyrannical , unyieldingnotes:authoritarian is tyrannical while authoritative commands respect , tyrannic , bossy , domineering , masterful , overbearing , peremptory

noun

absolutist , autocrat , despot , dictator , disciplinarian , tyrantnotes:authoritarian is tyrannical while authoritative commands respect , martinet , totalitarian , tyrant