1862, "favoring imposed order over freedom," from authority + -an. Compare authoritative, which originally had this meaning to itself. Noun in the sense of one advocating or practicing such governance is from 1859.
雙語例句
1. Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
高官們可能會策劃一場政變來復辟獨裁統(tǒng)治。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His speech provides further evidence of his increasingly authoritarian approach.
他的講話更加證明了他變得越來越獨裁。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He said he was against returning to old authoritarian ways.
他說他反對回到過去的獨裁做法。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She rebuked her lawyer for his authoritarian attitude to her clients.
她指責她的律師對待委托人的命令式態(tài)度.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.