The phrase "authoritarian character" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a person or entity that exhibits traits associated with authoritarianism, such as a desire for control or a lack of tolerance for dissent.
Example: "The leader's authoritarian character made it difficult for any opposition to emerge within the party."
Alternatives: "authoritarian personality" or "dictatorial nature".
Aranda held strong regalist views, but his authoritarian character caused him difficulty.
At the same time, the authoritarian character of William's government, particularly the sharp censorship of the press in Belgium, aroused the antipathy of liberals to the regime.
"His relationship with authority is linked to the way he constantly had to duck and dive against the impetuous, authoritarian character of his father.
The biggest fruit of his early years at Sussex was The Broken Rebel: A Study in Culture, Politics and the Authoritarian Character (1972).
Preschool education as well as adult education was left to the private initiative of the educationally minded intelligentsia, who were opposed to the authoritarian character of state education in the schools.
He lays bare the flaws of the Soviet nuclear industry, tracing the disaster to the authoritarian character of Communist party rule, the regime's control of scientific information, and its emphasis on economic development over all else.
In person Ms. Lynch is disarmingly unlike her authoritarian characters.
The region, first settled by Scots-Irish immigrants, has never lost its anti-authoritarian character.
Though dated, the book is still valuable, with flashes of Bowle's anti-authoritarian character, which so appealed to his clever young charges.
Avery's anti-authoritarian characters were deliberately created as an antidote to her own prewar upbringing, in which she described children as adopting a "meek acceptance of the power of the adult world".
"Today, our government's politics are rather authoritarian in character," said Gavrikov.
