The phrase "authoritative regime" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a government or system that has a strong, commanding presence and enforces strict control over its citizens.
Example: "The country has been under an authoritative regime for decades, limiting personal freedoms and suppressing dissent."
Alternatives: "authoritarian government" or "dictatorial regime".
Wilson junks any notion of a "civilising mission" early, but another casualty of his account is an impression of the Raj as a "stable and authoritative regime".
There is no doubt that local governments dominate the policy-making process under the authoritative regime.
Under an authoritative regime, actors inside the government play the leading role in the decision-making process.
"When you throw off an authoritative regime there's all this hope," he says, but without prosperity there will be "profound disappointment".
Diamanti joins a growing list of notable figures that have been incarcerated for opposing the authoritative regime of Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro.
Inspired by her fiancé's courage, Fana continued to campaign against her country's authoritative regime, until her name appeared on a list of targeted students to be detained.
Cases in remote areas with limited access to media, where authoritative regimes fiercely guard information, or where civil society groups are scarce lead to underreporting.
"The way this crisis has been handled is typical of authoritative and totalitarian regimes that seek [to sow] confusion and uncertainty.
Neumann, the author of an authoritative study comparing prison regimes for terrorist prisoners in 15 countries, said there was a trade-off involved but he thought the current British dispersal system was probably the best way of tackling the issue.
They seemed to be wrestling with the authoritative controls of the martial law regime while believing they were challenging traditional Chinese ethics (e.g., loyalty, filial piety, and harmony) and Confucian values of respect for elderly and loyalty to the government.
But the power to punish as distinct from merely inflicting harm on others cannot be adventitious; it must be authoritative and institutionalized under the prevailing political regime.
