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Discover LudwigThe phrase "authoritarian grasp" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a controlling or oppressive hold or influence that an authority figure or regime has over individuals or a society.
Example: "The government's authoritarian grasp on the media stifles free speech and limits public discourse."
Alternatives: "authoritarian control" or "oppressive hold".
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Is it too late to save Hong Kong from Beijing's authoritarian grasp?
But then the reader wonders: With Donald Trump's authoritarian grasp of the law, what would the deportation of 11 million illegal aliens be like?
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One grasp?
I grasp the handle.
To grasp what dream?
Will it grasp it?
We grasp, we fumble.
He should grasp it.
"Grasp this.
Firmly grasp the candle.
The American Republic stands threatened by the first overtly anti-democratic leader of a large party in its modern history — an authoritarian with no grasp of history, no impulse control, and no apparent barriers on his will to power.
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