单词 | authoritarian |
释义 | authoritariann.adj. A. n. A person who favours obedience to authority as opposed to personal liberty; an authoritarian person.In quot. 1856 with reference to the authority of the Bible and the word of God. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > authoritarianism > authoritarian authoritarian1856 commissar1936 Nazi1982 1856 A. J. Davis Penetralia 129 Does any one believe that the Book is essential to Salvation? Yes; there are many externalists and authoritarians who think so. 1861 E. Hardinge Wildfire Club 42 The imaginary divinity which hedges in a king extends its formidable mantle of power over all human authoritarians. 1883 Times 2 Jan. 3/1 [Gambetta] was accused of being an authoritarian. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 226/1 A lover of liberty, not an authoritarian. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 261/2 It seems to be a fond notion with the legalists and authoritarians that the vast majority of mankind would at once begin to..misconduct itself if the restraints of law and authority were removed. 1962 T. Parker & R. Allerton Courage of his Convictions iv. 168 He was a pig-headed authoritarian without frills. 1992 Chicago Tribune 18 Dec. i. 15/3 Authoritarians have trouble understanding political opposition. B. adj. Favourable to or characterized by obedience to authority as opposed to personal liberty; strict, dictatorial. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > authoritarian authoritarian1862 1862 Spiritual Mag. Feb. 70 The harm that is done by authoritarian teaching results not alone from the positive error that may be taught. 1879 Daily News 28 June 2/6 Men who are authoritarian by nature, and cannot imagine that a country should be orderly save under a military despotism. 1882 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 459 Communists of the ‘Authoritarian’ type. 1918 tr. L. Andreyev Seven that were Hanged x. 73 Haughty and authoritarian by nature, he had never been seen in a prouder, freer, and more imperious attitude. 1943 Times 9 Sept. 3/2 At the beginning there had appeared certain authoritarian tendencies among resisters, in reaction against the Third Republic. 1988 B. Desai Memory of Elephants 165 I had never liked the authoritarian streak in Bapaiji and Pappa, but I had never imagined it questionable; they were my parents. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Mar. 22/3 Can the authoritarian regimes of the world stop the march of Internet democracy? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1856 |
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