authoritarian
au-thor-i-tar-i-an
adjective
Characterised by strict obedience to authority, often suppressing individual freedom.
"The country was under an authoritarian regime."
noun
A person who believes in or enforces strict obedience to authority.
"He was known as an authoritarian."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: despotic, tyrannical, autocratic, tyrannic, undemocratic, dictatorial, dictator, overbearing, domineering