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authoritarian

[uh-thawr-i-tair-ee-uhn, uh-thor-] / əˌθɔr ɪˈtɛər i ən, əˌθɒr- /


NOUN
domineering person
Synonyms


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In a January essay, he detailed concerns that bad actors could use AI to mount devastating biological attacks, and that authoritarian regimes could use it to entrench their power.

From The Wall Street Journal

He pushed constitutional reforms aimed at preventing any future slide into authoritarian rule, and to overhaul a "completely broken-down" system of public administration.

From Barron's

"I didn't know that there were any other ways of parenting a child other than authoritarian, but I loved it and it really sat with everything I wanted to do," she says.

From BBC

The regime remains authoritarian and led by an absolute monarchy.

From BBC

The regime remains authoritarian and led by an absolute monarchy, but culturally, society has been opening up and the country is trying to develop its economy beyond a reliance on oil.

From BBC