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Indonesian
Etymology
- From earlier spelling otoritet, from Dutch autoriteit, from Middle Dutch auctoriteit, from Old French auctorité, from Latin auctoritas (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”).
- Current spelling is influenced by Latin auctoritas as *otor + -itas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: oto‧ri‧tas
Noun
otoritas (first-person possessive otoritasku, second-person possessive otoritasmu, third-person possessive otoritasnya)
- authority:
- power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
- Synonym: wewenang
- a government-owned agency that runs an activity for public benefit.
Alternative forms
- (government-owned agency): autoriti (Standard Malay)
- (government-owned agency): otorita
- (government-owned agency): otoritet
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