authoritarian
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime
Types & categories
- oppressor hypernym
- Big Brother hyponym
- martinet hyponym
Related & opposite
- dictate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
an authoritarian regime
Related & opposite
- potentate derivation
- tyrant derivation
- absolutism derivation
- undemocratic similar to
Sense 3 adjective
expecting unquestioning obedience
the timid child of authoritarian parents
Related & opposite
- imperiousness derivation
- domineering similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dictate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oppressor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Big Brother |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | martinet |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | potentate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | absolutism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undemocratic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imperiousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | domineering |