authoritarian

Example Sentences

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Countries that move from authoritarian to democratic rule are said to be in “transition to democracy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

This is history as an authoritarian exercise in narcissism.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

At military parades of authoritarian regimes, it’s not often a girl takes center stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

“Defiance” offers a prism on Syria’s authoritarian society before the 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war, and vivid snapshots of the devastation that the war unleashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Levy Pants must become more militant and authoritarian in order to survive in the jungle of modem commercialism.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole