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Authoritarian describes something or someone who has complete or almost complete control over one or more people. (adjective)

A government who is more concerned with having people obey laws than in people having some freedom is an example of an authoritarian government.

An authoritarian is a person who expects everyone to do what he says to do. (noun)

A dictator is an example of an authoritarian.

See authoritarian in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

believing in, relating to, characterized by, or enforcing unquestioning obedience to authority, as that of a dictator, rather than individual freedom of judgment and action

noun

a person who advocates, practices, or enforces such obedience

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authoritarianism noun

See authoritarian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ə-thôrˌĭ-târˈē-ən, ə-thŏrˌ-, ô-thôrˌ-, ô-thŏrˌ-)

adjective

Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom: an authoritarian regime.
Of, relating to, or expecting unquestioning obedience. See Synonyms at dictatorial.

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