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authoritarianize

authoritarianize verb: to make authoritarian.

Verb

authoritarianize (third-person singular simple present authoritarianizes, present participle authoritarianizing, simple past and past participle authoritarianized)

  1. (transitive) To make authoritarian.

Forms of authoritarianize

third-person singular presentauthoritarianizes
present participleauthoritarianizing
past participleauthoritarianized
pastauthoritarianized

Origin of authoritarianize

From authoritarian + -ize.

Questions about authoritarianize

What does authoritarianize mean?
Authoritarianize means to make authoritarian.
What part of speech is authoritarianize?
Authoritarianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of authoritarianize?
The past tense of authoritarianize is authoritarianized.

Words near authoritarianize in the dictionary

  1. authoritarianisms
  2. authoritarianist
  3. authoritarianistic
  4. authoritarianists
  5. authoritarianization
  6. authoritarianize
  7. authoritarianized
  8. authoritarianizes
  9. authoritarianizing
  10. authoritarianly
  11. authoritarianness

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