Sentence examples for authoritative persons from inspiring English sources

The maior et sanior pars emerged from a weighted aggregation of opinions, so that it could be formed by a minority of particularly authoritative persons; see Ganzer (2000).

Those who are respected due to their status within the community were also put forward: "Chairperson and secretary of a mother's group are highly respected and authoritative persons.

Where does such an authoritative person come from?

"Part of being a powerful, authoritative person is a strategic use of silence," Ms. Herbst said.

Chuka Umunna probably came over as the most authoritative person on the panel, without saying anything bold.

While calling the cardinal "an authoritative person," Rev. Lombardi added that "The more authoritative voice and line would be that of the pope".

An authoritative person is defined as one who speaks the truth (yathārthavaktā).

There is an ambiguity here: is an authoritative person one who is speaking the truth with respect to the particular utterance in question, or one who is generally truthful?

Also testimony of an authority cannot be a legitimate source of knowledge because, first, such testimony would have to rely on other cognitive criteria and, second, we would have no means to determine what a reliable testimony is or who an authoritative person can be.

While he was portrayed as sensitive and vulnerable in XIII, for XIII-2, the game's director wished to portray Hope as a more mature, authoritative person.

I think there's an idea of what constitutes an authoritative person or leader and it's not the voice of a polyamorous sex party attendee.