autarch

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Noun
  • Almost overnight, countries that had long outsourced their energy security to autocrats found their supplies cut, and their economies shaken.
    Jennifer Granholm, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Starting an expensive professional golf league was a roundabout way to launder the reputation of a violent autocrat.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Lane’s Willy is both a paternal tyrant and a wounded bear, growling if anyone interrupts him yet unable to conceal his soft underbelly.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The other side states calling someone a dictator and all is OK and not hatred.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • Throughout his questioning, Corrales repeatedly invoked the experiences of other Latin American countries, describing Moïse as a dictator who was close to drug traffickers.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Now the ultimate challenge is here, and the stakes couldn't be higher because if the fighters from Earth aren't victorious, Outworld overlord Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford) will invade and take over the planet.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The Big Ten has officially sealed its status as our new overlord.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • His breakthrough came playing Oda Nobunaga, the volatile 16th-century warlord, in an NHK taiga drama that ran for much of the year.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The third season showed two galactic powers coming together to fight a fearsome warlord known as The Mule (Pilou Asbæk).
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Civil War, or an oppressor who wants to kill you.
    Mariam Khan, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In the piece, the Vicar of Christ is felled not by his oppressors but rather by a random cosmic event.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The despot’s dilemma Iran’s cameras have been repeatedly hacked over the past few years.
    Dake Kang, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Thus, to be real peace-makers, whether Christian or not, responsible leaders need to be aware that the approach of pacifism often paves the way for dictators and despots to inflict more and more violence.
    Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Rácz has been interpreted as a foil to Vladimír Mečiar, a real-life politician who served as Slovakia’s prime minister between 1990 and 1998 and was heavily criticized for his autocratic tendencies, strongman persona, and ties to organized crime.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The narrative centers on Roh Tae-woo, a man who cultivates a public image as an everyman while working the levers of influence alongside military strongman Chun Doo-hwan.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Autarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autarch. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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