authoritarian
Example Sentences
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Chevron and its chief executive, Mike Wirth, are familiar with the risks of operating in an authoritarian state in Washington’s crosshairs.
Hasina fled to India on 5 August last year, following weeks of student-led protests, bringing an end to 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule.
From BBC
Palpatine is the unseen villain in this second and final season, enacting his authoritarian will through recognizable means.
From Salon
Bialiatski was an early leader of the pro-democracy movement in Belarus in the 1980s, later founding the rights group Viasna, or Spring, to protest new authoritarian powers for the country’s president.
His authoritarian grip and the country’s unraveling economy caused nearly 8 million people to flee, mostly to other Latin American countries and the Caribbean.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
