authoritarian ruler
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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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ruler
noun[C]
uk/ˈruː.lər/us/ˈruː.lɚ/
the leader of ...
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(Definition ofauthoritarianandrulerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Here the ruler is seen as the judge, the builder of consensus, a lessauthoritarianrulerthan the hunter.
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We should never give credit to anyauthoritarianrulerby engaging in formal relations, even if we have done so in the past.
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He was anauthoritarianrulerand this put him at odds with the barons of his realm.
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People may also consider the difference between the verbal performances of authoritarian rulers and of electoral politicians.
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How trade unions struggle for autonomy against authoritarian rulers has been the primary focus.
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Overcoming authoritarian social practices, not simply authoritarian rulers, must be the goal.
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Authoritarian rulers will use an official language that insulates them from populations under their control.
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It is perhaps a continuing victory of the region's authoritarian rulers that we refer almost exclusively to these democratizers as movement activists.
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It is our joint responsibility to make authoritarian rulers believe that we take our basic values seriously.
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We are witnesses of the enforced departure of authoritarian rulers.
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