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authoritative

adj
/ɔːˈθɒɹɪtətɪv/UK/ɔːˈθɒɹɪtɪv//əˈθɔɹɪˌteɪtɪv/US

Etymology

From authorit(y) + -ative.

  1. derived from auctorité
  2. inherited from auctorite
  3. suffixed as authoritative — “authority + ative”

Definitions

  1. Arising or originating from a figure of authority.

    • The authoritative rules in this school come not from the headmaster but from the aged matron.

  2. Highly accurate or definitive

    Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority.

    • This book is the world's most authoritative guide to insect breeding habits.

  3. Having a commanding style.

    • He instructed us in that booming, authoritative voice of his.
    • Woke is here to undermine Star Trek and Starfleet, so, in this conflict, Holly Hunter’s character manifests feminine traits instead of authoritative ones: she’s emotional, uncertain and vulnerable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at authoritative. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at authoritative. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at authoritative

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA