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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This shock-the-monkey approach might have a sliver of merit if the U.S. economy were self-sufficient in renewables and if the autocrats weren’t poised to capitalize by filling the vacuum with their far more carbon-intensive oil and gas and less environmentally friendly refining techniques.
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Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The country’s revolution inspired millions of people across the Middle East to rise up against their own autocrats.
—Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
The story of that secret anti-Maduro effort also lays bare the tensions between an administration with hardliners laser-focused on deposing the Venezuelan autocrat and a CIA deeply reluctant, yet nevertheless obligated, to follow White House orders.
—Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Foreman, who wrote, directed and designed many of his own productions, is more of a collaborative autocrat.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The country’s revolution inspired millions of people across the Middle East to rise up against their own autocrats.
—Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
The story of that secret anti-Maduro effort also lays bare the tensions between an administration with hardliners laser-focused on deposing the Venezuelan autocrat and a CIA deeply reluctant, yet nevertheless obligated, to follow White House orders.
—Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
Foreman, who wrote, directed and designed many of his own productions, is more of a collaborative autocrat.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Autocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autocrat. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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