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Yet some of Trump’s tactics resemble those of informational autocrats.—
Daniel Treisman,
The Conversation,
3 June 2025 -
Sisi, who is still in power, became a textbook autocrat, presiding over a military dictatorship.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2025
Noun
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While the modern world rages outside their four walls, everything inside is immune to the tyrant of time.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
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But is that the same for employees who work for a tyrant?—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
30 May 2025
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His meetings with the Russian dictator last for hours.—
Andrew Ryvkin,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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The signs and costumes were the real show, ranging from clever wordplay and depictions of President Donald Trump as a dictator, to profane expressions calling for an end to ICE raids that had been conducted in the city for about a week prior.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Despite lawsuits in America giving his overlords more than a bit of a headache, Tanz has watched on quietly as multiple Love is Blind versions have landed with a bang in their respective countries.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
30 May 2025
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Congress needs to pass laws; the tech overlords just need to push code to screw things up.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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The Oscar-winning actor has embodied pure menace more than once throughout his decades-long career, with roles ranging from the iconic vampire of Bram Stoker's Dracula to the peacock warlord, Lord Shen, in Kung Fu Panda 2.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
18 June 2025
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In this new adventure, players will face a vast and brutal conflict where demonic forces, warlords, and opportunistic factions clash for control.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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In one hour, the Georgian despot’s bodyguard will knock on the hotel-room door and make Alec very rich.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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There are enough despots around the world using the same divisive techniques — misinformation, disinformation — to control people.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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The rooms were filled with artifacts of strongmen and strongwomen throughout history, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Josephine Blatt, a turn-of-the-century weightlifter known as Minerva.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2025
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The president’s Wednesday message about Xi echoes some of his past friendly and even admiring language toward the Chinese leader – one of a handful of strongmen that Trump has praised or lauded close relations with throughout his political career.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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His personal goal was surely the vanity of wanting to have never been wrong and the superpower of always being right—George Orwell speaks of the theological nature of totalitarians, who must constantly alter the past to claim to be always right in the present.—
Rebecca Solnit
April 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2021
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2020
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“Autarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autarch. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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