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nonauthoritarian

American  
[nahn-uh-thawr-i-tair-ee-uhn] / ˌnɑn əˌθɔr ɪˈtɛər i ən /

adjective

  1. not authoritarian in principle or practice.


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I’ll be picking the readings and guiding the conversations, and in general trying to play the role of your mellowest, most nonauthoritarian seminar leader.

From Slate Jan. 20, 2017

These traits reinforced one another: pulpits proliferated under nonauthoritarian government, and the work ethic flourished under the stimulus of earnest preachment.

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