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Six example sentences with authoritarian, each labelled with its topic.
Staff turnover tripled under an authoritarian who read every email and fired anyone who questioned a schedule.
Business
The republic elected a reformer and got an authoritarian who dissolved the assembly within a year of taking office.
History
Researchers describe the household authoritarian as someone who demands obedience yet offers children almost no explanation for any rule.
Psychology
The columnist warned that the candidate was an authoritarian at heart, promising to silence newspapers before winning a single vote.
Politics
The old conductor was a famous authoritarian who stopped rehearsal for a single wrong breath and never explained why.
Music
Players called the coach an authoritarian, since he benched anyone who spoke during a timeout, even to ask a question.
Basketball
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