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authoritarian adj.
accurate, absolute adj.

ADJECTIVE

authoritarian

Synonyms

STRONGEST

draconian exacting harsh rigid rigorous scrupulous severe stern stringent tough

WEAK

austere dead set disciplinary dour firm forbidding grim hard hard-boiled iron-fisted no-nonsense oppressive picky prudish punctilious puritanical set square stickling straight strait-laced stuffy unpermissive unsparing uptight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy easy-going facile flexible gentle kind lenient mild nice soft tolerant

WEAK

amenable inaccurate indefinite tractable uncertain yielding

ADJECTIVE

accurate, absolute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exact meticulous precise religious scrupulous

WEAK

close complete faithful just particular perfect right total true undistorted utter veracious veridical

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless imprecise inaccurate inexact negligent undetailed

WEAK

amenable easy-going flexible indefinite lenient tolerant tractable uncertain yielding

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They also contended it included the nation’s strictest data privacy protections and noted how participation would be voluntary, similar to how it is offered in other states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Prime Minister Sharif called for an investigation and said that the "strictest possible action" should be taken against those found to be responsible.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Graduate students in particular are facing the strictest limits on federal student loans in decades.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Amid the information vacuum, speculation is mounting as to how the aircraft managed to penetrate a city which has some of the world's strictest airspace controls.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Trace Middle School didn’t have the world’s strictest dress code, but Roy was pretty sure that some sort of footwear was required.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen