Modifies a noun

• populism: A more informative label would be " authoritarian populism.

• regime: America's interest is in ensuring a central, probably authoritarian, regime to keep the oil supply flowing.

• streak: As in other areas of its political project Labor's educational policies have a strong moral authoritarian streak.

• tendency: The dangers of Mr Blair's authoritarian tendencies are amplified by the nature of those about him.

• dictatorship: The hideous abuse of human rights in right-wing, authoritarian dictatorships is ignored or smoothed over.

• instinct: Our liberal and authoritarian instincts each struggle for attention.

Modifying Another Word

• increasingly: In its place an increasingly authoritarian bureaucracy was gaining strength.

• highly: Singapore, for example a supposedly highly authoritarian state has an infinitely better education system for developing creative brains.

• extremely: Hyndman was extremely authoritarian and tried to restrict internal debate about party policy.

• too: It may very well be that others who are supposed to lead you are too authoritarian.

• very: First it was a very authoritarian bunch of comments and he wondered if he should switch the comments off.

• not: Resonance is not authoritarian; yet it's an offer you cannot refuse!

Used with adjective complement

• become: The government has been accused, not least by me, of becoming increasingly authoritarian.

• call: In the mid-1970s, over two-thirds of all states could reasonably be called authoritarian.

• remain: Communist ideology has long been abandoned, but his rule remains highly authoritarian, with little political, social, media or religious freedom.