名詞 authoritarian:

1. a person who behaves in an tyrannical manner
   同義詞：dictator

形容詞 authoritarian:

1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
   同義詞：autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical
2. likened to a dictator in severity
   同義詞：dictatorial
3. expecting unquestioning obedience
   同義詞：dictatorial, overbearing

1. Mr. Gorbachev, on the other hand, recognized that his sluggish and authoritarian bureaucracy was the worst impediment to modernization. That is why the Soviet leader came more quickly to the view that political and economic change must go hand in hand.
   在另一方面，戈爾巴喬夫承認，他的既迂腐又專權的官僚政府是現(xiàn)代化最大的阻礙。因此這位蘇聯(lián)領袖迅速意識到，政治與經濟改革必須齊頭并進。
2. An official or authoritarian declaration; a proclamation or an edict.
   宣言，公告官方或權威性的宣布; 公告或法令
3. An authoritarian regime.
   獨裁主義的政府

au.thor.i.tar.i.an

adj.（形容詞）
Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom:
獨裁主義的：與個人自由相反的，以贊成或以絕對服從權威為特征的：
例句：
an authoritarian regime.
獨裁主義的政府

Of, relating to, or expecting unquestioning obedience.See Synonyms at dictatorial
專橫的：屬于，關于或期望無條件的服從的參見 dictatorial

【引伸】
author.itar.ian
n.（名詞）
author.itar.ianism
n.（名詞）