monocrat

noun

Definition of monocratnext
as in autocrat

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  1. autocrat
  2. dictator
  3. tyrant
  4. pharaoh
  5. strongman
  6. despot
  7. totalitarian
  8. overlord
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Definition of autocrat
Noun
  • April 27: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Trump VP hopeful, comes under fire for detailing her decision to shoot a family dog and including a false anecdote about meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in her memoir.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has talked about being a dictator on Day One.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of dictator
Noun
  • Foreign policy Advertisement Harris says U.S. foreign policy should be based on strong alliances with other democracies, not cynical partnerships with tyrants like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.
    Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The greatest of all tyrants thunders onto screen in this thrilling story of fossil discovery by three young boys.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of tyrant
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  • The Minions decimated the entire dinosaur population, crushed pharaohs to death with a faulty pyramid design, and even disintegrated Dracula into dust due to a mistimed birthday party.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 July 2024
  • Last year, the museum opened its grand lobby, where a huge statue of the pharaoh Ramses II holds court.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of pharaoh
Noun
  • The president-elect is condemned by critics as a dangerous isolationist who emboldens strongmen and hailed by supporters as a forthright defender of American interests, and most observers at least agree that a second Trump era will be unpredictable.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • On his Fox show, Carlson did fawning interviews with four sitting heads of state, all aspiring proto-authoritarian strongmen: Nayib Bukele, of El Salvador; Jair Bolsonaro, of Brazil; Viktor Orbán, of Hungary; and Donald Trump.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of strongman
Noun
  • As a leader of the opposition to these despots, Sirleaf survived imprisonment, exile, and an abusive husband.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Both end with pitch-black gags that should serve as cautionary warnings for any aspiring despots.
    Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 14 June 2024
Definition of despot
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
Noun
  • Maggie setting Marge on fire to stop her mom from chopping her into pieces with a kitchen knife is more subversive — and upsetting — than any Disney-era dig from The Simpsons at its corporate overlords.
    Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Many of these sexagenarians have built empires from the ground up, guided their companies through mergers, spinoffs and acquisitions, and have skillfully steered their workforces through an ever-revolving series of corporate overlords.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of overlord
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