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autarch

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Definition of autarch

as in autocrat

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These innovations may reduce the number of bureaucrats autocrats need.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
In other countries that have recently experienced democratic backsliding, such as Turkey and Hungary, installing loyalists in the judiciary and in government agencies has played a key role in helping autocrats consolidate power.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of autocrat

Noun

Plato warned that an unhealthy democracy can easily fall prey to a tyrant.

— Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Some of the rumors, and a few of the reports at the time, paint Khrzhanovsky as a tyrant who went mad with power, like Colonel Kurtz in Heart of Darkness (or maybe Francis Ford Coppola making Apocalypse Now).

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of tyrant

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Trump’s latest move aligns him with Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin, the architect of the war in Ukraine.

— Alfred H. Moses, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
Lee came of age under the military dictator Park Chung-hee, who imposed a midnight curfew and strict censorship of everything from newspapers to pop songs.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of dictator

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Noah, the star football player and the son of town sheriff Kerry Kane (Kelly Macdonald), a woman Hal has been in a relationship with, is actually a violent alien overlord capable of murder and manipulation.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
Jason Kilar, the corporate overlord of Warners at the time, exploded the company’s goodwill with talent and agents in every corner of the business by forcing the studio’s titles to stream day and date.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 July 2026

Definition of overlord

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During the interview, Kolvet also asked Mullin about a hypothetical scenario involving a former foreign warlord who entered the United States as a refugee with his daughter.

— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The ruthless warlord was one of the most notorious figures of the conflict that left more than 100,000 people dead and over 1 million homeless.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of warlord

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Can an accurate story of a system of oppression be derived from sources created and preserved by the oppressors?

— Drew Gilpin Faust, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
For the left that supports the Palestinian cause, Muslims are the oppressed and the West – including Israel – are the oppressors… Whether Muslims hold conservative-religious views in this context is irrelevant.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of oppressor

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The strongman is failing, even as the opposition struggles to inspire a great deal of conviction and enthusiasm.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
But for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s strongman president, the real benefit isn’t the billions of dollars in fresh revenue.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026

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