Authoritativeness
having due ; having the sanction or weight of :
an authoritative opinion.
substantiated or supported by doc-mentary evidence and accepted by most in a field:
an authoritative edition of shakespeare; an authoritative treatment of a subject.
having an air of ; accustomed to exercising ; positive; peremptory; dictatorial:
said with an authoritative air.
historical examples
there was likewise nothing startling in bacons view of the fathers, and their knowledge and authoritativeness.
the mediaeval mind (volume ii of ii) henry osborn taylor
the great difficulty that authoritativeness has to contend with is some other authoritativeness.
the book of the d-mned charles fort
in this manner arises the authoritativeness of moral requirements, as designating the latest and highest order of means.
a review of the systems of ethics founded on the theory of evolution c. m. williams
dazed and awed by the man’s authoritativeness the boys ran down to the water to see what was the trouble.
si klegg, book 1 (of 6) john mcelroy
authoritativeness is characteristic of his mode of teaching.
modern skepticism c. j. ellicott
he had a simple and direct way with them, equally removed from both petting and authoritativeness.
hugh arthur christopher benson
and this idea of authoritativeness is one element in the abstract consciousness of duty.
the data of ethics herbert spencer
adjective
recognized or accepted as being true or reliable: an authoritative article on drugs
exercising or -sserting authority; commanding: an authoritative manner
possessing or supported by authority; official: an authoritative communiqué
adj.
c.1600, “dictatorial” (a sense now restricted to authoritarian), from medieval latin authoritativus (see authority). meaning “possessing authority” is recorded from 1650s; that of “proceeding from proper authority” is from 1809. related: authoritatively; authoritativeness.
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