monocrat

noun

Definition of monocratnext
as in autocrat

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  1. autocrat
  2. Big Brother
  3. dictator
  4. tyrant
  5. pharaoh
  6. oppressor
  7. strongman
  8. despot
Noun
  • Tebas had to dive into his autocrat encyclopedia again this week, when Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé said the kind of thing that should offend no one, but instead launched a minor international incident.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • On the very same day in Serbia, people power ousted an autocrat who had dominated the country’s politics for 14 years.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of autocrat
Noun
  • Among the women featured on the cast are Aaryn Williams, the former Big Brother season 15 contestant who had a controversial run on the competition show due to racist remarks.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That the Netflix version of what can now be best understood as a reboot of a famous franchise feels less like social psychology and more like a high-concept season of Big Brother is no surprise.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of Big Brother
Noun
  • Rodriguez cut ads accusing Salazar of being cozy with deceased dictator Fidel Castro.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Tirana Pyramid, built by followers of the brutal dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, as his memorial, and turned into a public amenity by the Rotterdam firm MVRDV, was also damaged.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of dictator
Noun
  • He got obsessed with building an empire, started Solar Productions, and became a tyrant both on set and off.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Plato warned that an unhealthy democracy can easily fall prey to a tyrant.
    — Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of tyrant
Noun
  • In the biblical account, the pharaoh refuses Moses' demands to free the Israelites, leading to a series of devastating plagues.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • While many of the Middle East’s archaeological sites invoke pharaohs, Nabataeans, Romans, Islamic civilization, and Crusaders, the columns of Al-Rajajil are an echo of a prehistoric period wrapped in mystery.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of pharaoh
Noun
  • These included quotes by Fanon, a philosopher who wrote extensively about the ways in which colonized people adopt the mindsets of their oppressors.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of oppressor
Noun
  • Afterward, Díaz-Balart urged Washington to reject strongman Nicolás Maduro’s efforts to stay in power and to restore sanctions.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of strongman
Noun
  • Upending global trade, plucking a dictator out of Caracas, escalating to full-on war with Iran, shredding alliances, courting despots — the major twists and turns of this administration never end.
    — Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Like in Vegas, where Elwood was babysitting the son of a despot.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of despot
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“Monocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monocrat. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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