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Discover LudwigThe phrase "authoritarian streak" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a tendency or inclination towards authoritarian behavior or attitudes in a person or group.
Example: "Despite his charming demeanor, he has an authoritarian streak that often surfaces in his leadership style."
Alternatives: "authoritarian tendency" or "dictatorial inclination".
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But some worry about his authoritarian streak.
And they have an authoritarian streak.
Officials at all levels seem to indulge an authoritarian streak.
His authoritarian streak has now morphed into full-blown Caesarism.
Will this Knol satisfy the reference source authoritarian streak so many librarians seem to have?
Tabloid-wooing helps explain the authoritarian streak of the last Labour government (and much besides).
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Even a narrow Trump defeat could invite a successor with an even grander authoritarian streak--one who could attract the fearful on both the right and left.
He has a real anti-authoritarian streak".
A Jesuit education, complete with caning, gave him a pugnacious anti-authoritarian streak, tempered by ai sceptical wit and defiant sense of mischief.
The behaviour of many drunken Aussies abroad is more boorish and Bullingdon Club than the Irish, anti-authoritarian streak as celebrated by the Bulletin.
At Fleetway, the publisher of the Eagle, Look and Learn and innumerable cowboy, detective and superhero comics, Moorcock's anti-authoritarian streak continued.
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