Authoritative and Democratic

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Authoritative adjective - Being the most accurate and apparently thorough.

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Democratic is an antonym for authoritative in topics: valid, domineering, official.

Nearby Words: authority, authoritarian

Democratic adjective - Of, relating to, or favoring political democracy.

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Authoritative is an antonym for democratic.

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