The phrase "authoritarian means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to methods or strategies that are characteristic of an authoritarian regime or approach.
Example: "The government employed authoritarian means to suppress dissent and maintain control over the population."
Alternatives: "autocratic methods" or "dictatorial measures".
China's leaders, using authoritarian means, still can.
The defence of wealth and property-power when threatened might be organised, for example, through authoritarian means or, alternatively, through free-market policies (the predictable effects of which are to transfer wealth upwards).
OK, authoritarian means 'demanding that people obey you'.
Law and Justice has used increasingly authoritarian means to target civil society and undermine the independence of state-funded media.
If the idea of ìbeing modern is imposed from the top by authoritarian means, it doesnít work.
But he has continued to keep himself in power by authoritarian means.
Students from the Bahamas on average reported lower levels of depressive symptoms for authoritarian (mean = 17.00, sd ± 9.86) and neglectful parenting (mean = 17.09, sd ± 9.38).
Jamaican students reported the highest levels of depressive symptoms for both authoritarian (mean = 21.18, sd ± 10.58) and neglectful parenting (mean = 21.41, sd ± 9.39) followed by St. Kitts and Nevis students for authoritarian (mean = 19.74, sd ± 11.73) and St . Vincentstudents for neglectful parenting (mean 18.36 sd ± 10.29).
Is there not some third way between the extremes of totalitarianism and the minimal state of the classical liberals — some non-paternalist, non-authoritarian means by which positive liberty in the above sense can be actively promoted?
Years of authoritarian rule meant that political and social institutions allowing the peaceful articulation of popular dissent were systematically suppressed.
The increased defense budget and a renewed focus on authoritarian states mean the game has changed.
