Authority and Order

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Order and authority are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Order" instead a noun "Authority".

Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

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Authority and order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

old	old authority	old order
good	good authority	good order
high	high authority	high order
full	full authority	full order
Other adjectives: direct, complete, true, proper, single, powerful, actual, real, absolute, strict, civil, secret, religious, final, less, highest, official, last, higher, executive.

These traits are alternating dark and light colored splotches on the skin; wiry, dark hair; and an utter lack of respect for any form of order or authority.

Source: Metamorphosis
With dust bowls, dwindling resources and food shortages commonplace, there's just enough semblance of order and authority to keep everything from tumbling down.

Source: Film / Interstellar
If an authority maintains order over the masses through iron rule which is heavily disapproved of, things will get ugly when that authority is bumped off.

Source: Reality Ensues / Western Animation

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