Example sentences for: autocratic

How can you use “autocratic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Partial democracies include countries that have adopted some democratic practices, such as popular elections to legislatures with limited powers, but most have not completed the transition from autocratic practices.)

  • However, what emerged were almost invariably autocratic regimes that were usually unwilling to tolerate any opposition-even in countries, such as Egypt, that had a parliamentary tradition.

  • But the New York Times , Los Angeles Times , and Washington Post deemed the elections a promising break with Indonesia's autocratic history.

  • The keeper of the “mandate of heaven” played his role to the autocratic hilt, while bureaucrats kept their jobs (and heads) by paying him lip service.

  • Analysts expressed regret at voting "irregularities" and at Tudjman's autocratic nationalism, but consoled themselves with reports that he is dying of cancer.


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