authoritarian style

collocation in English

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authoritarian
adjective
uk
/ˌɔː.θɒr.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/us
/əˌθɔːr.əˈter.i.ən/
demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as ...
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style
noun
uk
/staɪl/us
/staɪl/
a way of doing something, especially one that is typical of a person, group of people, place, ...
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(Definition ofauthoritarianandstylefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofauthoritarian style

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Mothers with anauthoritarianstyleof parenting seek to control the child through physical punishment and fear, with a great deal of supervision of the child.
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The top-downauthoritarianstyleof the post-colonial government had no real authority because it could neither implement its directives nor afford to decrease agricultural production by doing so.
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I also formed the view that if privatisation went too fast there might well be a reaction and a hankering for a moreauthoritarianstyleof government.
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It has anauthoritarianstyle.
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He utilizes anauthoritarianstyleof control within the group, as a therapeutic method to solve problems.
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Anauthoritarianstyleof address prepares children for these types of roles, which require a more accommodating and compliant personality.
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Parents who practiceauthoritarianstyleparenting have a rigid set of rules and expectations that are strictly enforced and require rigid obedience.
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Also, both a father and mother sometimes tend to use an authoritative style towards their daughters, while feeling more comfortable switching over to anauthoritarianstylefor sons.
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Papen tried to justify hisauthoritarianstyleof government by pointing out that parliament could no longer function properly.
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Otto'sauthoritarianstylewas in stark contrast to that of his father.
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Raeder'sauthoritarianstyleled him in 1937 to refuse to create the office of chief of the admiralty staff.
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Hisauthoritarianstylealienated many.
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Lewin also found that it is more difficult to move from anauthoritarianstyleto a democratic style than from a democratic form to an authoritarian form of leadership.
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