Authoritarian vs. Autocratic

Authoritarianadjective

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

Authoritarianadjective

Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial.

Authoritarianadjective

Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.

Authoritariannoun

One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

Authoritariannoun

One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.

Authoritarian

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; - of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime

Authoritarian

expecting unquestioning obedience: "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

Authoritariannoun

behaves like a tyrant.

Authoritariannoun

a person behaves in an tyrannical manner;

Authoritarianadjective

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty;

Authoritarianadjective

likened to a dictator in severity

Authoritarianadjective

expecting unquestioning obedience;

Authoritarianadjective

favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom

Authoritarianadjective

showing a lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others; dictatorial

Authoritariannoun

an authoritarian person.

Autocraticadjective

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

Autocraticadjective

Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.

Autocraticadjective

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

Autocraticadjective

of the nature of or relating to an autocrat;

Autocraticadjective

relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of an autocracy;

Autocraticadjective

offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;

Autocraticadjective

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty;