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1
being the most accurate and apparently thorough
- this book is considered the most authoritative source on that subject
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2
having power over the minds or behavior of others
- after a couple of authoritative critics panned the movie, the other reviewers rushed to say how awful it was
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3
fond of ordering people around
- she's very authoritative for someone who doesn't actually outrank us
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- authoritarian,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- bossy,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- domineering,
- imperious,
- masterful,
- overbearing,
- peremptory,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
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- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- disdainful,
- fastuous,
- haughty,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-and-mighty,
- high-hat,
- huffy,
- important,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- overweening,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- proud,
- self-asserting,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
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“Authoritative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authoritative. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of authoritative was in 1606
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