The phrase "authoritarian direction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a course of action or policy that is characterized by authoritarian principles or governance.
Example: "The government's recent policies indicate a clear authoritarian direction that limits individual freedoms."
Alternatives: "authoritarian approach" or "authoritarian stance".
And he too favors a directed democracy that veers in an authoritarian direction.
Russia, Cambodia, and other rapidly developing countries, too, have shifted in an authoritarian direction.
To counter this threat, they may be inclined to move in a more authoritarian direction.
In power, Putin steered the country in an increasingly authoritarian direction, snuffing out most sources of opposition and dissent.
Their role could become even more reactionary if Mr. Putin decided to move in an authoritarian direction.
When Georgian civil-society leaders protested about the authoritarian direction in which the country was heading, the west stayed silent.
Among the many entertaining hypotheses: One Direction's authoritarian management forced him out against his will; Malik's ex-fiancée brainwashed him into quitting, a la the myth of Yoko; he joined ISIS (Malik is Muslim); he died; he never really left the group at all.
If the president chooses to use his new mandate to steer his revolution in a more authoritarian and collectivist direction, he is likely to face growing dissent, even within the ranks of his own supporters.
In an important sense, though, he has merely stated what should be obvious to anybody who hasn't swallowed the tendentious justifications offered up by the Bush and Obama Administrations: in the wake of 9/11, the U.S. government moved in a profoundly authoritarian and illiberal direction.
Turkey is moving in both an authoritarian and Islamic direction, raising doubts about its future international orientation.
This implies a government crackdown on democratic liberties and a step in the direction of authoritarian rule.
