imperial presidency
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of imperial presidency
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Its authors—Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, veteran White House correspondents for the New York Times—promise nothing less than to take us “inside the imperial presidency of Donald Trump.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"In Tanzania we have something called an imperial presidency," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
This would spur them to open an investigation into Nixon’s imperial presidency and campaign abuses, resulting in a select committee that Irvin would chair—the Watergate Committee.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2023
Even Richard M. Nixon, inventor of the so-called imperial presidency, was made to understand this in the end.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
The term "imperial presidency" was coined by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., a Kennedy adviser who published a book by that name in 1973.
From Fox News ● Dec. 22, 2019
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