czarist

adjective

variants also tsarist or tzarist
Definition of czaristnext
as in authoritarian
exercising power or authority without interference by others the trustees felt that the university needed a strong, czarist leader who could propel it to world-class status

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for czarist
  1. authoritarian
  2. autocratic
  3. despotic
  4. absolute
  5. domineering
  6. tyrannical
  7. tyrannous
  8. dictatorial
Adjective
  • In our age of brutal wars, authoritarian politics, cultures of contempt, and technology that promises to replace us with machines, what is left of the idea of the human being?
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Autocratic The autocratic style is also known as authoritarian leadership.
    Jason Miller, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of authoritarian
Adjective
  • The rise of autocratic regimes across the world over the last decade and a half has put democrats on high alert.
    Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
  • By Michael Schuman The revelation that North Korean troops have been gathering in Russia, ostensibly to assist President Vladimir Putin in his brutal invasion of Ukraine, has stoked Western fears of autocratic states banding together to undermine the interests of democracies.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of autocratic
Adjective
  • Still, somewhere between Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, Downey’s public personality took on the triple-espresso cadence of Iron Man improv, and there’s a Comic Book Guy part of me that feels Downey’s manic energy is all wrong for playing a moody despotic sorcerer.
    Darren Franich, Vulture, 31 July 2024
  • Gaza is finally ready to free itself of the despotic rule of Hamas, which creates for Gazans the real possibility of having a future of hope, and not of endless war and despair.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of despotic
Adjective
  • Lucifer does both with aplomb, with Tom Ellis having the absolute time of his life as the Literal Devil, and Lauren German as the cop who is literally immune to his charms.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Regardless, my view since August has been that this race is an absolute toss up and anyone who says otherwise is either politically biased or uninformed.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of absolute
Adjective
  • But soon enough, all three have arrived at the Morrow estate in rural Nebraska, where the aftereffects of Carlyle’s cruel, domineering parenting still echo.
    Emily C. Hughes, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Shelby Taylor Former girlfriend of Murch, the domineering Shelby goes on hit The Real Housewives TV show franchise, and is now a prominent reality television star.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of domineering
Adjective
  • Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
  • He’s simply replaced one tyrannical master with another.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of tyrannical
Adjective
  • Indeed, Daniel Roher’s pulse-pumping documentary about the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has all the ingredients: a mysterious case of near-fatal poisoning, a web of for-hire hoodlums, Vladimir Putin as the tyrannous leader behind it all.
    Tomris Laffly, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The same study posited that Fela was not the only popular musician who confronted the military and tyrannous leaders of Nigeria between independence in 1960 and Fela’s passing in 1997.
    Garhe Osiebe, Quartz Africa, 21 Feb. 2021
Definition of tyrannous
Adjective
  • Applying his dictatorial power, Kuhn banned me from the locker rooms.
    Melissa Ludtke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The safe haven known as the Nest is under attack, with France’s dictatorial leader Genet (Anne Charrier) leading the charge.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of dictatorial
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