absolute power
Example Sentences
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The historian argued that Castro feared any rapprochement with Washington would spur political and economic reforms on the island that would jeopardise his absolute power.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
But time and again the poisonous isolation that absolute power imposes on its wielders blunted the edge of their insight and degraded the capacity of their societies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
In “1984,” Big Brother survives by wielding absolute power; freedom is flattened by the thudding steps of a goose-stepping soldier and by language that makes those steps seem necessary.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
He saw King George III’s rule as the epitome of tyranny, and warned that “a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025
It is impossible for contemporary Americans to fully comprehend what it meant to live under a system in which some individuals had absolute power over others.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
