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autocrat

noun

ˈȯ-tə-ˌkrat

as in ruler

one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority European autocrats once commonly believed that they had received the right to rule directly from God

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Recent Examples of autocrat Once shunned by his fellow Arab autocrats, Bashar al-Assad was gradually regaining the dubious respectability Arab regimes afford one another. —

Ben Wedeman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024 The country’s autocrat, Nicolás Maduro, is set to be sworn in for a third term as president on Friday. —

Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Production in the world’s second-largest garment manufacturer was repeatedly stalled by the months-long violence, before protesters forced long-time autocrat Sheikh Hasina to flee in August. —

Chloe Berger, Fortune Asia, 9 Jan. 2025 Even leading Western democracies produced their own fascists and would-be autocrats, such as Sir Oswald Mosley in Britain or Huey Long or Father Coughlin in the United States. —

Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for autocrat