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Definition of autocrat in English: autocratnoun ˈɔːtəkratˈɔdəˌkræt 1A ruler who has absolute power. like many autocrats, Franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive Example sentencesExamples - An autocrat like Genghis Khan who imposes his will on others, without any reference to principles, does not operate in the realm of justice.
- The ageing autocrat obviously intended to remain in power at any cost and by any means.
- It has been suggested so far that the more popular or media-centred depiction of the prime minister as an autocrat may be more of a caricature than an accurate portrait.
- Somewhere even the dictators and autocrats who send ambassadors to dialogue with ambassadors from free states know that to be true.
- As revolution spread to Palermo, Milan and Naples it seemed as if the people of Italy could break the domination of the myriad of foreign rulers and domestic autocrats.
- The fact that the extremists and autocrats have had to resort now to unspeakable violence shows how much they have failed to win the war of ideas.
- Mind, one would not call them politicians; one would call them despots, or autocrats.
- It will always contain dictators, autocrats and murderous opportunists who will seek power and its spoils without regard for the death and suffering of others.
- We understand we are making the terrorists, dictators and autocrats nervous.
- And it is evidence, observers say, that sustained political engagement, party training, and civil-society building can eventually bring down autocrats.
- Democrats can build state capacity, probably more effectively than autocrats.
- And he was, if you like, an absolute autocrat, a ruler.
- Instead, he seeks to change it by promoting liberty, freedom, and eventual democracy in countries ruled by autocrats.
- Political leaders, especially autocrats and dictators, have always used writing for propaganda purposes.
- In order to justify the internal repression that is inherent in non-democratic rule, dictators and autocrats must mobilize their nation for wars against both internal and external enemies.
- Peace required a deeply conservative political order, built on a single party, run by a paternal autocrat.
- They established a framework for a strongly authoritarian government and placed no limitations on the powers of the autocrat.
- Like every autocrat who has ever seized power, she insisted that she had no alternative but to sack a corrupt and treacherous government.
- In other cases, autocrats have been forced to introduce modest political changes but have nonetheless managed to limit their scope and hold on to power.
- Such security measures have always been associated with autocrats who are profoundly aware of the depth of the popular hatred they arouse.
Synonyms absolute ruler, dictator, despot, tyrant, monocrat authoritarian, absolutist - 1.1 An imperious person who insists on complete obedience from others.
Eva was an autocrat—people didn't argue unless they had a lot of courage Example sentencesExamples - In other words, churches had been razed on the basis of an untruth, while the laity - who generally opposed changes mandated by clerical autocrats - were expected to foot the bill.
- But, in corporations, the autocrats who run these places can't leave people on their own.
- Whereas the former was a Machiavellian autocrat with a fascist background, the latter is a straightforward, consensus-driven and politically moderate.
- The rights of individuals are no longer inalienable, nor are their persons inviolable; all depends on the good will of the Commander, the military autocrat.
- On the other hand, if it all goes wrong, he might turn out to be just one more erratic autocrat relying on nationalist rhetoric and the spoils system to stay in power.
- Harvey totally looked and acted the role of bureaucratic autocrat.
Synonyms authoritarian, totalitarian, nazi, extreme right-winger, far right-winger, rightist, blackshirt, militarist
Origin Early 19th century: from French autocrate, from Greek autokratēs, from autos 'self' + kratos 'power'. Definition of autocrat in US English: autocratnounˈôdəˌkratˈɔdəˌkræt 1A ruler who has absolute power. like many autocrats, Franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive Example sentencesExamples - Peace required a deeply conservative political order, built on a single party, run by a paternal autocrat.
- We understand we are making the terrorists, dictators and autocrats nervous.
- An autocrat like Genghis Khan who imposes his will on others, without any reference to principles, does not operate in the realm of justice.
- And he was, if you like, an absolute autocrat, a ruler.
- Political leaders, especially autocrats and dictators, have always used writing for propaganda purposes.
- The ageing autocrat obviously intended to remain in power at any cost and by any means.
- Mind, one would not call them politicians; one would call them despots, or autocrats.
- And it is evidence, observers say, that sustained political engagement, party training, and civil-society building can eventually bring down autocrats.
- They established a framework for a strongly authoritarian government and placed no limitations on the powers of the autocrat.
- It will always contain dictators, autocrats and murderous opportunists who will seek power and its spoils without regard for the death and suffering of others.
- In other cases, autocrats have been forced to introduce modest political changes but have nonetheless managed to limit their scope and hold on to power.
- Like every autocrat who has ever seized power, she insisted that she had no alternative but to sack a corrupt and treacherous government.
- Instead, he seeks to change it by promoting liberty, freedom, and eventual democracy in countries ruled by autocrats.
- Somewhere even the dictators and autocrats who send ambassadors to dialogue with ambassadors from free states know that to be true.
- As revolution spread to Palermo, Milan and Naples it seemed as if the people of Italy could break the domination of the myriad of foreign rulers and domestic autocrats.
- Such security measures have always been associated with autocrats who are profoundly aware of the depth of the popular hatred they arouse.
- The fact that the extremists and autocrats have had to resort now to unspeakable violence shows how much they have failed to win the war of ideas.
- Democrats can build state capacity, probably more effectively than autocrats.
- In order to justify the internal repression that is inherent in non-democratic rule, dictators and autocrats must mobilize their nation for wars against both internal and external enemies.
- It has been suggested so far that the more popular or media-centred depiction of the prime minister as an autocrat may be more of a caricature than an accurate portrait.
Synonyms absolute ruler, dictator, despot, tyrant, monocrat - 1.1 Someone who insists on complete obedience from others; an imperious or domineering person.
Eva was an autocrat—people didn't argue unless they had a lot of courage Example sentencesExamples - Harvey totally looked and acted the role of bureaucratic autocrat.
- On the other hand, if it all goes wrong, he might turn out to be just one more erratic autocrat relying on nationalist rhetoric and the spoils system to stay in power.
- Whereas the former was a Machiavellian autocrat with a fascist background, the latter is a straightforward, consensus-driven and politically moderate.
- But, in corporations, the autocrats who run these places can't leave people on their own.
- The rights of individuals are no longer inalienable, nor are their persons inviolable; all depends on the good will of the Commander, the military autocrat.
- In other words, churches had been razed on the basis of an untruth, while the laity - who generally opposed changes mandated by clerical autocrats - were expected to foot the bill.
Synonyms authoritarian, totalitarian, nazi, extreme right-winger, far right-winger, rightist, blackshirt, militarist
Origin Early 19th century: from French autocrate, from Greek autokratēs, from autos ‘self’ + kratos ‘power’. |