authoritarian structure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofauthoritarianandstructure
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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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structure
noun
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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It moves step by step toward a more and moreauthoritarianstructure.
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He is introducing into law the mostauthoritarianstructureof education that this country has ever experienced — something that, 20 years ago, people would not have thought possible.
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There is a liberalising state structure for the rich, but an increasinglyauthoritarianstructurefor the poor, in which the state polices their activities and punishes them for their poverty.
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A hierarchical orauthoritarianstructuregoverns 9% of communities, 11% are a combination of democratic and hierarchical structure, and 16% do not specify.
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Moral management techniques had turned into mindless institutional routines within anauthoritarianstructure.
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He proposed that all religions should go beyond their dogmatism and theirauthoritarianstructureto be at the service of marginalized people and those who had no voice in society.
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Authoritarian structures can exploit centralization to make good decisions, while an organization of more autonomous entities offers better balance and parallelism.
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Nonetheless, government reforms from the 1850s were highly critical of these accommodations to existing authoritarian structures, and gradually put in place a centralized public works machinery separate from revenue.
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This is where the great problem lies in those countries with authoritarian structures where democracy is not readily available.
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Some political prisoners have been freed, but the authoritarian structures are still in place there.
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I cannot see a risk of any one country descending into authoritarian structures.
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Pre-emptive warfare is no more use than the reintroduction of authoritarian structures.
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There would be no more laws, no authoritarian structures, no crime and no war.
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He seeks to strike a middle ground, arguing that the industrial media model of central control over mass communication fits nicely with authoritarian structures.
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