(euphemistic) Disobedience, a disinclination to obey.

A display of authoritarian force by a government, particularly when unnecessary, as a means to convince or coerce the media and the population into believing that the government has control in matters of law and order.

simple past tense and past participle of de-authorize

Alternative form of deauthorize

Alternative form of nonauthentic

A technique of literary analysis that disregards authorial intent, focusing only on the text.

A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy. / Any present-day phenomenon of authoritarianism.

(Canada, US law) The claimed legitimization of a person's acts by his/her role as an agent of governmental power.

To know from a reliable source (that).

A seal on paper appended to a specific artwork which is made to demonstrate that the item is authentic.