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Significados de overbearing em inglês

Expecting unquestioning obedience.

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Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.

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Examples for "authoritarian"
Examples for "authoritarian"
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He wanted democratic ideals to supersede authoritarian rule in the Soviet Union.
The Irish Times
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Asked the guard using one of those voices strong and authoritarian government.
Renaissance
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China is not a democracy and is run under an authoritarian system.
News.com.au
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As the world's largest democracy, India looks askance at Russia's authoritarian system.
The Guardian
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In an authoritarian society, he adds, that can only lead to conflict.
The Guardian
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His tone was too dictatorial; George expected civility when asked a favor.
Ranching for Sylvia
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Lopez says he is being made a scapegoat by a dictatorial government.
Reuters
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They want a less dictatorial and a more entrepreneurial environment, says McClafferty.
The Irish Times
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The Prince was, in reality, clothed with dictatorial and even regal powers.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 18: 1572
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The servant of an ordinary person would hardly have been so dictatorial.
The Brown Mask
Uso de overbearing em inglês
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An inquiry found police actions were overbearing and infringed on civil rights.
Radio NZ
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Parents should be overbearing either, but instead encourage children healthy online behaviour.
The South African
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Many Latin American states see their northern neighbour as overbearing and exploitative.
Reuters
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There was also criticism of the overbearing corporate nature of the Games.
The Guardian
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Many Latin American states see their northern neighbor as overbearing and exploitative.
Reuters
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There was something so ruthless in the boy, so overbearing and heartless.
Dust
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So heavy, so overbearing, so painful, it simply shattered her into pieces.
Man in the Middle
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And she was almost as overbearing as Cadsuane herself, in Min's opinion.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
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TV critics said the program exploited the stereotype of the overbearing mamma.
Reuters
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He was also overbearing, and the people of Philadelphia mobbed him once.
Comic History of the United States
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The most trivial affairs were regulated by overbearing and exacting royal officials.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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He had passed the schoolboy age and was a bit overbearing himself.
The Web of Life
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There is no sense of self-importance or overbearing ego from the 36-year-old.
The Irish Times
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He was rude, overbearing, bullying, inconsiderate, and mean in curiously small matters.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
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This was in retaliation for St. Dunstan's overbearing order to the king.
Comic History of England
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These people, the Eneeshurs, were stingy, inhospitable, and overbearing in their ways.
First Across the Continent / The Story of the Exploring Expediti...
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