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Adjective
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And since mid-2021, major central banks have struggled to keep inflation low, raising questions from populist and antidemocratic politicians about the merits of an arm’s-length relationship.—
Ana Carolina Garriga,
The Conversation,
26 Aug. 2025 -
This bifurcation, which began during the Reagan years—and was anticipated by Richard Nixon’s administrative presidency—has accelerated in the decades since, fueled by the rise of populism, its political power, and its antidemocratic sentiments.—
Terry M. Moe,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Its pace is slow — occasionally, but rarely, to its detriment — but this clearly deliberate tempo gives you the chance to shoulder the burdens of its oppressive atmosphere and settle into its many puzzles, which regularly trade logic for personal interpretation, and occasionally just vibes.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This process includes questioning the logics and myths that uphold the status quo and calling out oppression as part of the struggle toward an anti-oppressive future.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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The adaptation, directed by Hunger Games alum Francis Lawrence, doesn't shy away from the unglamorous reality of the totalitarian state in which it is set, nor the contest in which its young protagonists must keep walking or be killed.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the totalitarian regime has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s power system.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now, the same institutions once intimidated by authoritarian power have declared that a former commander-in-chief conspired to revoke the 2022 election, assassinate rivals, and eventually unleash street chaos to hold on to power.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ray's father was a dissenter who was executed by the Major himself for his outspoken anti-authoritarian views, and Ray wants revenge.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Embarking on the Ofoten line at Bjørnfjell, the train ran at the edge of a cliff as the fjords emerged below, magisterial in their quiet movement.—
The Editors,
Outside,
31 Aug. 2025
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Her sound was magisterial and rich, a full-bodied account — until the very end.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
17 July 2025
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“Antirepublican.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antirepublican. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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