authoritarian government
collocation in Englishmeaningsofauthoritarianandgovernment
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authoritarian
adjective
uk/ˌɔː.θɒr.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/əˌθɔːr.əˈter.i.ən/
demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as ...
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government
noun
uk/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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(Definition ofauthoritarianandgovernmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The percentage of those that would accept anauthoritariangovernment' under certain circumstances ' has decreased.
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During many periods of both democratic andauthoritariangovernment, provinces did not receive their legal revenue shares.
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These pressures would be absent underauthoritariangovernment, when subnational officials serve at the pleasure of de facto authorities at the centre.
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Specifically, the research is aimed at appraising the sentiments and trends that have been in place since 1993 to prevent a return toauthoritariangovernment.
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In contrast, the decentralisation that occurred underauthoritariangovernmentwas a ' top down ' experiment in institutional design meant to constrain the incoming democratic government.
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A second circumstance that might increase the likelihood of a welfare regime is when a country experiences lengthy rule by anauthoritariangovernment.
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Under conditions of severe drought, a rigidly controlled economy and anauthoritariangovernment, farming in conservation areas made good sense for short-term food security.
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This is not the product of anauthoritariangovernmentbut grows out of a distinct way of understanding humans and human society.
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Specifically, it appraises the sentiments and trends that have been in place since 1993 to prevent a return toauthoritariangovernment.
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In some cases, theauthoritariangovernmentitself may initiate this process, in which case it effectively transforms itself into a provisional government.
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In the provisionary mode, the formerauthoritariangovernmentis overthrown and replaced by a government that announces a plan to hold elections and draft a constitution.
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Those are not indications or the product of anauthoritariangovernment.
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That seems to me to assent to the basic principles of dictatorship andauthoritariangovernment.
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It is only where there is a fairlyauthoritariangovernmentthat this can be achieved.
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We stand for parliamentary as againstauthoritariangovernmentand the steps that lead to that.
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For retrospective assessments, respondents were asked whether they felt (1) their family and (2) the country as a whole were better-off than they had been under theauthoritariangovernment.
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Faced with increasing demand, theauthoritariangovernmentencouraged the expansion of low quality instruction in the private sector in order to maintain relatively high standards at the public universities.
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This philosophy of individualistic enterprise—the desire for free trade—has always been inclined to opposeauthoritariangovernment.
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It is a recipe forauthoritariangovernmentand controls and loss of freedom such as we should all detest.
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That increased the attraction of anauthoritariangovernmentfor him.
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This poem expresses his opposition towards the corruptauthoritariangovernment.
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We also insist that theauthoritariangovernmentrelease its grip on power and that the results of the last election are allowed to stand.
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A plebiscite is something which anauthoritariangovernmentpose which is intended to contain a question to which there is only one possible answer.
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Famine, chaos of supply, unemployment, soldiers discharged without pay, extreme nationalism and ethnic enmity are all enemies of democracy and advocates of strongauthoritariangovernment.
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It often voiced calls for moreauthoritariangovernmentand for harsher treatment of the opposition.
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