authoritarian
Example Sentences
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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
The Venezuelan opposition leader was trying to get to Norway by Wednesday in time to receive the Nobel Peace Prize that she won for challenging the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro.
García Harfuch descends from a line of prominent government officials, their careers reflecting, in part, Mexico’s past under a repressive, authoritarian government.
From Los Angeles Times
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