Autocracy in a sentence

It’s about fear of slipping into autocracy, not about the desire for autocracy.

Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy?

Critics say Netanyahu, a defendant standing trial for corruption charges, holds a personal grudge against the justice system and is pushing the country toward autocracy.

During an appearance on Citizen TV’s Monday Report show, Murkomen said Rwanda operates as an autocracy, emphasizing that whatever the President says is considered the law.

Fascism also means dictatorship, tyranny, autocracy, intolerance, the unwillingness to entertain the other view, the tendency to assume that one’s opinion is supreme and superior and that other human beings do not matter.

In 2021, the V-Dem institute classified Bangladesh as an “electoral autocracy”, while in the same year, Freedom House listed Bangladesh as “partly free”.

In that desperate scenario, facing defeat and the ultimate collapse of his autocracy, Putin reaching for the nuclear launch button could suddenly become a very real prospect.

Moreover, casting jihadists as deviants rather than products of problematic tenants of jurisprudence that justify violence stymies criticism of the justification of autocracy as a necessary means to combat violence and promote moderate Islam.

Stating that “democracy turns into autocracy when powers are concentrated within one family”, state BJP president K Annamalai said the DMK government was rattled by the slightest criticism.

The war broke out in Khartoum after disputes over plans for the RSF to be integrated into the army and over the future chain of command under an internationally backed deal to shift Sudan towards democracy after decades of conflict-ridden autocracy.

When he allowed himself to be coopted by Mahathir to serve in the latter's Umno regime, he sided with Malays autocracy, Mahathir's dictatorship, allowed Mahathir's rabid racism to flourish, allowed corruption in Malaysia to become its main business.

After unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Republic Day, in her caustic remarks against the previous BRS Government said the people’s mandate declared that arrogance and autocracy have no place in Telangana.

And, several international bodies have downgraded India’s democracy to being “partially free” or “flawed” or as an “electoral autocracy”.

In an autocracy, there is the overwhelming vileness that was dumped on a Guyanese speaking truths that shows up the PPP Government for how intolerant it is.

Is 2024 the year when democracy hits a tipping point and slides toward autocracy?

That combination of personal bravery and institutional strength will be necessary to fight the threat of American autocracy.

The best recent depiction of how American autocracy would play out at home remains “The Plot Against America,” David Simon’s 2020 adaptation of the Philip Roth novel.

The downfall of Russian autocracy created a window of opportunity for national liberation movements across the empire, from Finland to Ukraine.

The only thing is Xi's interpretation of ONE China is an Autocracy, dictatorship and communist, with the flavouring of capitalism.

There are very strong streaks of autocracy in Trump’s approach,” Blockmans said, cautioning that other factors also influence the popularity of Europe’s political figureheads beyond the influence from across the Atlantic.