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authoritarian

 adjective
     
au‧thor‧i‧tar‧i‧an
strictly forcing people to obey a set of rules or laws, especially ones that are wrong or unfair:
an authoritarian government
Critics claim his management has become too authoritarian.
—authoritarian noun [countable]
—authoritarianism noun [uncountable]
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