autocratic

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The Protestant defenders of England’s Glorious Revolution of 1689, which deposed an autocratic monarch and established a constitutional government, were armed with a biblical text deeply rooted in Tyndale’s translation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

A 2006 Times investigation detailed how dozens of former associates and workers left the UFW because of what they described as Chavez’s increasingly autocratic ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The party was already highly secretive before Xi took power in 2012, but his tilt toward autocratic rule has made Chinese politics even more opaque and sparked a resurgence in Pekingology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

"The election... forms a major counter to China's autocratic one-party rule," said Phuntsok.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

He worshiped Johnny and did not like Dove, but he and Dove were bound together by their common servitude to Johnny’s autocratic rule.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes