The phrase "authoritative relationship" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to a relationship where one person or entity holds a position of authority or power over the other. An example of this phrase in a sentence is: "The business executive had an authoritative relationship with her employees, expecting them to follow her instructions without question."
But in today's art world, ladling on deep meaning is de rigeur, and the curators say that by restructuring the scene, the artist is "exposing and intensifying the socially encoded and authoritative relationship between a man and a young girl".
But corporate executives, who may have grown up in the business, work on it every day, and have an authoritative relationship with their divisional managers are better able to really grasp the in-depth and tacit aspects of the business' strategy and competitive advantage.
Our research stands out because of its emphasis on an authoritative relationship.
Subordinate status in this authoritative relationship is shown by the following phrases used by patients: to obey, permission to, to do what the GP says.
As evidenced here, beliefs about the authoritative relationship between physicians and patients made it difficult for these Chinese immigrants to communicate their needs and preferences to others (HL2) and process the information (HL3).
Stylistic modifications resulted from careful consideration of how to deliver the BCI using motivational interviewing in a way that would be natural in the context of typical Russian patient-provider interactions (traditionally a more authoritative relationship than in the United States).
New data from a variety of well-known scholars in Mesoamerican archaeology reveal the creation, perpetuation, and contestation of politically authoritative relationships between rulers and subjects and between nobles and commoners.
This approach was intended to maintain an open, non-authoritative relationship of the investigator with the CORPs, allowing the investigator to observe and understand the operational challenges faced by the CORPs and the program as a whole.
Children whose mothers reported high levels of both control and warmth in their relationship (authoritative parents) were found to be significantly less distressed during the immunization than children of either the low-control, high-warmth (permissive), high-control, low-warmth (authoritarian) or low-control, low-warmth (nonresponsive) parent groups.
Taken as a whole, the book presents a clear, authoritative picture of the relationship between biotechnology and society today, and how our conceptions (and misconceptions) of it could shape future developments.
Davis: What is the duty/role of a biographer to the "truth," especially for a figure like Burroughs whose relationship to authoritative narrative is highly charged?
