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authoritarian

noun as in domineering person

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It’s got this increasingly authoritarian tendency, which is consolidating data and increasing surveillance, but it still has a strong civil society and a court system that’s pushing back.

That accusation carries all the more weight under Hong Kong’s newly authoritarian reality, where provoking by unlawful means “hatred” toward the government can amount to a crime of collusion with external elements, punishable by lengthy prison terms.

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To do that, they must be clear about what their values are and why they differ from those of authoritarian regimes.

Recently, though, the country has veered down a more authoritarian path.

An LGBTQ activist in Belarus on Monday said she remains optimistic that nationwide protests will ultimately oust her country’s authoritarian president.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has put out some of the most countercultural, anti-authoritarian movies of the past century.

And yes, that authoritarian, patriarchal guru-power structure, invariably, always leads to abuses.

Perhaps that name should not be felt so ruefully today, despite the reversion to authoritarian control in Egypt.

Rivers continued on her political, authoritarian monologue by describing what kind of tyrant she would be.

The crisis in neighbouring Ukraine has rattled Alexander Lukashenko's authoritarian regime.

Borders are no defense for the penetration of information even in highly controlled or authoritarian societies.

We are aware of the strength that lies in narrowness and secretly covet the simplification and order of an authoritarian church.

The earlier Liberalism had to deal with authoritarian government in church and state.

Soldiers occasionally use the authoritarian style to demand instant obedience.

The authoritarian model is useful for situations requiring immediate compliance by a subordinate.

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to authoritarian, such as: autocratic, dictatorial, imperious, rigid, strict, and totalitarian.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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