autocracy
Example Sentences
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Pakistan's parliament has voted to give army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir new powers and lifetime immunity from arrest and prosecution, a move that critics say paves the way towards autocracy.
From BBC
The window to autocracy remains open, but the election showed that we can see through it, and that clarity is the first step toward closing it.
From Salon
More importantly, it is based on the obsolete assumption that America is a healthy democracy instead of one that is rapidly collapsing into a state of autocracy.
From Salon
It will demand careful attention to the cognitive toll of living under an absurd autocracy that claims to defend democracy while simultaneously dismantling it.
From Salon
He has shown that autocracies redistribute more land than democracies and that in Colombia land reform “reduced guerrilla activity” in those areas that “threatened serious violence.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
