nonauthoritarian
adjective
non·au·thor·i·tar·i·an
ˌnän-ȯ-ˌthär-ə-ˈter-ē-ən 
ə-,
-ˌthȯr-
: not authoritarian
a nonauthoritarian approach to teaching
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Kim’s former students remember him as kind, humorous, nonauthoritarian, meticulous, and hardworking.
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IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2022
Even when working with nonauthoritarian countries, a combination of government processes, researcher reticence, complex shipping regulations, and patient-privacy concerns makes getting samples difficult for diagnostic companies like his.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2022
Even when working with nonauthoritarian countries, a combination of government processes, researcher reticence, complex shipping regulations, and patient-privacy concerns makes getting samples difficult for diagnostic companies like his.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2020
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“Nonauthoritarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonauthoritarian. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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