The neck of the Giraffe is the longest of any animal, yet it still only has 7 cervical vertebrae, as in most other mammals. The Giraffe has one of the shortest sleep requirements of any mammal, which is between 10 minutes and 2 hours in a 24 hour period.
Authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people.
If your teacher orders you to detention every time you show up to class with a dull pencil, you could probably describe her as an authoritarian â a ruler who prefers order to freedom. Authoritarian and authority both begin with author, which comes from an ancient Latin word meaning master, teacher, or leader.. The connection between authoritarian and master is obvious enough, and you can think of an author as the master of the fictional world she creates. Authoritarian is also an adjective.