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authoritarian character

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authoritarian character [ȯ‚thȯr·ə′ter·ē·ən ′kar·ik·tər]
(psychology)
A personality that asks unquestioning subordination and obedience but is intolerant of weakness in others, rejects members of groups other than his own, is very rigid, and requires all issues to be decided in black and white, yet may accept superior authority in a servile way.


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Reformists pointed out the contradiction between the aristocratic and authoritarian character of the university government and the democratic organization of Argentine society.
The main reason for this is to be found in the authoritarian character of most of the existing regimes in the region.
The vitality recurrently shown by the regular Egyptian judiciary has not dented the authoritarian character of the regime.
 
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