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imperial

adjective as in regal

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British administrators began counting castes in 1871 as a "deliberate response to the post-1857 unity of Indians across caste and religion", turning it into an "effective tool of imperial control".

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That principle has been eroding for generations as the imperial presidency has encroached on Congress.

This isn’t because the founders wanted an imperial presidency.

“It is hard to fathom McKinley’s swing from one end of the imperial spectrum to the other in less than a year,” Mr. Jackson writes.

The most famous triumphal arches have unavoidable associations with autocratic power and imperial violence.

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