autocrat
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monarch, potentate, ruler, sovereign (also sovran)
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There can be no epistemic authority, no one to trust, other than the autocrat and his mouthpieces. — David Roberts, Vox, "The caravan “invasion” and America’s epistemic crisis," 2 Nov. 2018 President Nicolas Maduro granted the army the handsome prize, a move that helps ensure the unpopular autocrat’s power. — Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg.com, "The Bloody Grab for Gold in Venezuela’s Most Dangerous Town," 9 Apr. 2018 The uprisings of the Arab Spring, epitomized by the 2011 Egyptian revolution, demanded political freedom in a region long dominated by autocrats. — Jared Malsin, WSJ, "Eight Years After Egypt’s Uprising, a New Autocrat Is Determined Not to Permit a Sequel," 25 Jan. 2019 The problem is that autocrats like Mr. Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan use the system to harass domestic political opponents across the world. — The Editorial Page, WSJ, "Fixing Interpol’s Dictator Problem," 10 Feb. 2019 Nigeria’s first peaceful transition from one democratically elected government to another, in 2015, was seen as a milestone that strengthened pro-democracy forces across a continent studded with entrenched autocrats. — Joe Parkinson, WSJ, "Nigeria Braces for Climax of Rancorous Presidential Showdown," 15 Feb. 2019 Instability is dangerous for autocrats, especially in a country without a sturdy social safety net. — Jesse M. Fried And Matthew Schoenfeld, WSJ, "Will China Cheat American Investors?," 13 Dec. 2018 Yet a number of global autocrats, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, have backed Maduro. — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, "Crisis-weary Venezuelans are voting in election decried as a Maduro power grab," 20 May 2018 There are a lot of autocrats in the world who may or may not control natural resources and who have to be dealt with as a reality of the global system, and that’s fine. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "Reconsidering the US-Saudi relationship," 19 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'autocrat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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