AUTHORITY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

authority

These are words often used in combination with authority.

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absolute authorityThe strict style lost its aura of absolute authority and was written into a linear model of history. From the Cambridge English Corpus apparent authorityBut in fact we commonly distinguish between real and perceived or apparent authority and between de jure and merely de facto authority. From the Cambridge English Corpus appropriate authorityThey illustrate the close relationship of religion and nascent whiggism because of their account of appropriate authority, and the illegitimacy of allowing freedom of worship but retaining civil disabilities. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with authority

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