autarch

noun

Definition of autarchnext
as in autocrat

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  1. autocrat
  2. tyrant
  3. dictator
  4. overlord
  5. warlord
  6. despot
  7. strongman
  8. totalitarian
Noun
  • For a few hours on December 3, a man President Joe Biden regards as a key ally in the fight against authoritarianism effectively turned into an autocrat.
    Daniel R. DePetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In some cases, he was criticized for heaping praise on autocrats and dictators.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of autocrat
Noun
  • The Middle East is a region of tyrants, from Iran to Saudi Arabia.
    John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Some tyrants just can’t resist meddling with the calendar.
    Jack Butler, National Review, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of tyrant
Noun
  • More specifically, in Europe the top three destinations for dictators are Russia, the UK and France!
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • When Assad’s reign ended on Sunday, the dictator fled to Moscow, where Russian President Vladimir Putin granted him asylum.
    Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of dictator
Noun
  • Haines eventually invoked a scene in actor Colman Domingo's TV thriller The Madness that sees the actor's character weigh similar action against a powerful overlord.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Set in a society ruled by sentient AI, the film follows a private investigator who stumbles upon a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord while investigating a murder case.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of overlord
Noun
  • The Liberian former warlord and senator whose brutal tactics shocked the world.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Players can use their warlords as their in-game profile pictures.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of warlord
Noun
  • In Eggers’ version, however, there is a broader conspiracy at play, which is why Orlok — a near-ringer for 15th century despot Vlad the Impaler — proffers a deceptive foreign-language contract, locks Thomas in his empty, decaying home and sets sail to be reunited with Ellen.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Freedom of the press and access to reliable information are pillars of democracy—freedoms which aspiring despots can manipulate to manufacture convenient new narratives, and rise to power.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of despot
Noun
  • Following 53 years of brutal Assad family rule and 13 years of bloody civil war, the Syrian strongman abruptly fled for asylum in Moscow as rebels finalized their encircling of Damascus.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Both have ties to strongmen and a taste for tariffs and fossil fuels.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of strongman
Noun
  • Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.
    Letters to the Editor, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Under the unconditional patronage of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kadyrov rules his republic as a totalitarian, and has done so since taking power in May 2004, after his father, then President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.
    Layla Taimienova, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2017
Definition of totalitarian
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“Autarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autarch. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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