Monarchy vs. Authoritarian

Monarchynoun

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

Authoritarianadjective

Of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Authoritarianadjective

Characterised by a tyrannical obedience to an authority; dictatorial.

‘The authoritarian government was demanding stricter laws for low-wage peasants.’;

Monarchynoun

A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.

Authoritarianadjective

Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.

Monarchynoun

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

Authoritariannoun

One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.

‘The dictator was an authoritarian.’;

Monarchynoun

A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.

‘In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.’;

Authoritariannoun

One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

‘What scourage for perjuryCan this dark monarchy afford false Clarence.’;

Authoritarian

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; - of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime

Monarchynoun

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Authoritarian

expecting unquestioning obedience: "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can expand across the domains of the executive, legislative, and judicial.

Authoritariannoun

behaves like a tyrant.

Authoritariannoun

a person behaves in an tyrannical manner;

‘my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime’;

Authoritarianadjective

characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty;

‘an authoritarian regime’; ‘autocratic government’; ‘despotic rulers’; ‘a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war’; ‘a tyrannical government’;

Authoritarianadjective

likened to a dictator in severity

Authoritarianadjective

expecting unquestioning obedience;

‘he was imperious and dictatorial’; ‘the timid child of authoritarian parents’; ‘insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter’;

Authoritarianadjective

favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom

‘the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime’;

Authoritarianadjective

showing a lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others; dictatorial

‘he had an authoritarian and at times belligerent manner’;

Authoritariannoun

an authoritarian person.