Where does “اقتدارگرایی” come from?

اقتدارگرایی (Persian) comes from Persian اقتدارگرا, from Persian ـگرا — a non-joining suffix that forms nouns, with a meaning roughly equivalent to -ist, that is, one who believes or engages in.

اقتدارگرایی (Persian): authoritarianism

Definitions

  1. authoritarianism

Ancestry of “اقتدارگرایی”, step by step

اقتدارگرایی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian اقتدارگرا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاقتدارگراauthoritative
2Persianـگراa non-joining suffix that forms nouns, with a meaning roughly equivalent to -ist, that is, one who believes or engages in

via Persian ـیی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـییform of the suffix
Every word from Persian ـگراEvery word from Persian اقتدارگرا