How to Use autocratic in a Sentence

autocratic

adjective
  • The rise of autocratic regimes across the world over the last decade and a half has put democrats on high alert.
    — Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
  • There have been protests over his autocratic style of rule in Idlib, as well.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The autocratic leader no longer makes such claims.
    — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • What happens to a child growing up amidst the clamour of an autocratic regime?
    — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • By the way, this is a, this is a classic autocratic strategy.
    — NBC News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • But that is only the most vivid sign of how autocratic practices are making inroads around the world.
    — Michael Crowley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Needless to say, these are not the signs of a healthy democracy ready to combat the autocratic tyrants of the world.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 27 May 2021
  • But his combative style and autocratic instincts have earned him critics at home and abroad.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Was this a prank, an autocratic emergency, or something else?
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
  • During the long, autocratic reign of Moammar Khadafy, floods came and went, but the dams stood.
    — James Glanz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • But its influence—and that of its autocratic leader, Elon Musk—has come at a cost.
    — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 26 July 2023
  • Some see the speculation over a third term as part of an ominous, autocratic push by the president.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Leaving him out is like ignoring the massive autocratic elephant in the room.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But many Kurds seem none too upset, given how autocratic and dirty Mr Barzani’s regime is.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Next month’s election is a crucial test of whether the country’s autocratic ruling party can be checked at the ballot box.
    — Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This leadership style is the opposite of the autocratic style.
    — Chastity Heyward, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Leadership styles can vary, from autocratic to laissez-faire, and each type sets a specific tone in the workplace.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • But there simply aren’t that many people who want an autocratic America.
    — Matthew E.k. Hall, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • In some countries, that’s the problem, and in being able to protect yourself in countries that are autocratic.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Carney shot back that his nation can be an example that the world does not have to bend toward autocratic tendencies.
    — CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • So, what advice would Steve Jobs have for those leaders who seek to emulate his autocratic ways?
    — Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Twelve months later, parts of Ukraine lie in ruins, but autocratic leaders around the world are now the ones that are faltering.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Biden often describes the battle as one against China, one of the leading autocratic regimes.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • This strain is heightened by the fact that three of the last four climate summits were hosted by autocratic regimes aligned with fossil interests.
    — Paul Polman, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The Shah was becoming more and more autocratic and out-of-touch with Iranians.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2025
  • Putin was also at the parade, with the three autocratic leaders putting on an unprecedented show of unity.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • That episode aired when Vladimir Putin began his rise to autocratic power in Russia.
    — Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Elections become charades in a lot of autocratic countries.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Nowhere in Hansen’s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro’s critics.
    — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The drop in New Zealand, for example, was twice that in autocratic Bahrain.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2020

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