autocrat
Example Sentences
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It is difficult for Spaniards to face up to the fact that they lived, largely uncomplaining, under an autocrat for 36 years.
Trump, like other autocrats and demagogues, knows that he must always appear to be doing something, a man of action and destiny, to keep and expand his base of support.
From Salon
The mainstream media and the feckless Democrats are in their worst moments already acting like collaborators with elected autocrat and aspiring dictator Donald Trump.
From Salon
Which is why, as you can imagine, autocrats around the world are thrilled to see it dismantled.
From Los Angeles Times
The 77-year-old Hasina, who was in charge of Bangladesh for 20 years, was seen as an autocrat whose government ruthlessly clamped down on dissent.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
