Sentence examples for dictatorial leader from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "dictatorial leader" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a leader who exercises absolute power and authority, often in an oppressive manner.
Example: "The country suffered under the rule of a dictatorial leader who suppressed dissent and controlled the media."
Alternatives: "authoritarian leader" or "tyrannical leader."

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The hotel workers derided Mr. Raynor as a dictatorial leader.

But Rio Tinto's progress was slow, angering the dictatorial leader, General Lansana Conté.

Her comments seemed one attempt to reposition the United States, which backed Tunisia's dictatorial leader as a partner against terrorism.

Fed up with being suspended, Zimbabwe's dictatorial leader, Robert Mugabe, stormed out of the Commonwealth in 2003.

It has established single-party rule, with a dictatorial leader in command, and has crushed internal dissent.

Some Americans scarcely conceal their hope for a revolution against Belarus's wild-eyed and dictatorial leader, Alexander Lukashenka, or against Ukraine's entrenched and corrupt nomenklatura.

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During the nineteen-sixties and seventies, two dictatorial leaders, Milton Obote and Idi Amin, plunged the country into famine, civil war, and economic chaos.

His candidacy also pricks the nerve centers of some Iraqis nostalgic for the return of strong, even dictatorial, leaders.

Ms. Rice's lack of experience in Asia is a weakness, as is her willingness at times to defend dictatorial leaders in Africa.

For too long, the international response to poverty, war, famine and dictatorial leaders in Africa has consisted largely of humanitarian aid.

Dictatorial leaders who want to address the world persuasively have to accord their new audience a respect they may deny their own people.

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