The phrase "authoritarian behaviour" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions or conduct that is dictatorial or oppressive in nature, often in a political or social context.
Example: "The government's authoritarian behaviour has led to widespread protests among the citizens."
Alternatives: "dictatorial conduct" or "oppressive actions".
Yet the state has resorted to increasingly authoritarian behaviour.
Critics say Erdoğan, who has been accused of increasingly authoritarian behaviour, even considers strong criticism as insults.
"On 6 December they held a joint press conference, accusing Kiir of increasingly authoritarian behaviour," he said.
Opposition activists have been staging unrelenting protests against a government they accuse of chronic mismanagement and increasingly authoritarian behaviour.
Like King Salman, Erdoğan is under fire from European and American politicians and pressure groups for his authoritarian behaviour and widespread human and civil rights abuses.
Deep divisions The prospects of local, parliamentary and presidential elections have polarised an already tense situation, with Nkurunziza's increasingly authoritarian behaviour cited as the key factor in inflaming tension.
Second, they indicate that the potential pathway linking father's work conditions to their children's health may be through altered parenting behaviour, in particular, more disciplining and authoritarian behaviours meted out to children when fathers come under pressure at work.
However, the use of mothers' authoritarian and permissive behaviour and her expressions of involvement at mealtime were consequently related to children's amount of food eaten and their restraining eating style.
Children might refuse to see a parent because of authoritarian or abusive behaviour, or because they feel naturally emotionally very attached to one parent.
Instead of being authoritarian, he suggests shaping behaviour by using rewards rather than punishments.
Drawing on the army and the Roman Catholic Church as his examples, Freud never seriously considered less authoritarian modes of collective behaviour.
