| authoress | A female author. The word is not very much used, author being commonly applied to a female writer as well as to a male. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| authorise | 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorise commissioners to settle a boundary. 2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorise a marriage. 3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorised by usage. 4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorise a report. "A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorised by her grandam." (Shak) 5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. Origin: OE. Autorize, F. Autoriser, fr. LL. Auctorizare, authorisare. See Author. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| authoritarian personality | A cluster of personality traits reflecting a desire for security and order, e.g., rigidity, highly conventional outlook, unquestioning obedience, scapegoating, desire for structured lines of authority. (05 Mar 2000) |
| authoritarianism | The personality pattern or syndrome consisting of behavioural and attitudinal characteristics reflecting a preoccupation with the factors of power and authority in interpersonal relationships. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| authorship | The profession of writing. Also the identity of the writer as the creator of a literary production. (12 Dec 1998) |