AUTHORITY FIGURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does authority figure mean? 

• AUTHORITY FIGURE (noun)
  The noun AUTHORITY FIGURE has 1 sense:

1. someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else

  Familiarity information: AUTHORITY FIGURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTHORITY FIGURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("authority figure" is a kind of...):

authority ((usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others)

 Context examples 

This suggests you will feel considerable pressure from an older authority figure.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This suggests tactics of an authority figure who has not exercised power and influence fairly will find that the usual formulas and domineering behavior won’t work as well in the future, perhaps to the puzzlement of this highly placed individual.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)