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as in oppressive
exercising power or authority without interference by others
democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers
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as in authoritarian
fond of ordering people around
an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel
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Recent Examples of autocratic
Even though Russia’s election interference in 2016 attracted a great deal of public opprobrium in the United States, the Kremlin and other autocratic governments still seek to influence how Americans think and perceive the world.
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David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Fascism is a populist political movement which advocates putting the nation first through a centralized, autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader who controls the economy and suppresses opposition.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Trump and Harris align in their opposition to the autocratic governments in Venezuela and Nicaragua.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
History is full of rulers, particularly autocratic rulers, doing likewise.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
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David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Fascism is a populist political movement which advocates putting the nation first through a centralized, autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader who controls the economy and suppresses opposition.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Trump and Harris align in their opposition to the autocratic governments in Venezuela and Nicaragua.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
History is full of rulers, particularly autocratic rulers, doing likewise.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
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The concrete there takes, to me, a much more miserable, oppressive tone.Owen Davies, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
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Boyer is seven years his junior, and Sell struggles to return Boyer’s oppressive flat serve, winning only the first game of the second set.Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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In our age of brutal wars, authoritarian politics, cultures of contempt, and technology that promises to replace us with machines, what is left of the idea of the human being?George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Autocratic The autocratic style is also known as authoritarian leadership.Jason Miller, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Following, a drill down on four shoots which show how the imperious necessity to shoot in a country most often lies elsewhere.John Hopewell, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Intimate one-on-one interviews reveal in perfect clarity the imperious demands, emotional ambivalence, and sparkling humor that make Martha Stewart.EW Staff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Still, somewhere between Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, Downey’s public personality took on the triple-espresso cadence of Iron Man improv, and there’s a Comic Book Guy part of me that feels Downey’s manic energy is all wrong for playing a moody despotic sorcerer.Darren Franich, Vulture, 31 July 2024
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Gaza is finally ready to free itself of the despotic rule of Hamas, which creates for Gazans the real possibility of having a future of hope, and not of endless war and despair.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
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Manji will appear as Crispin, an arrogant, pompous employee at a fancy, high-end hardware store who snubs George.Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
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My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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He’s simply replaced one tyrannical master with another.Katie Rife, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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YouTube said the platform has a multilayered approach to connect users with authoritative news and information while ensuring a variety of viewpoints are represented.Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Because in the absence of a national election authority, calls made by the AP—a nonprofit cooperative—have long been accepted as authoritative.WIRED Staff, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Applying his dictatorial power, Kuhn banned me from the locker rooms.Melissa Ludtke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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The safe haven known as the Nest is under attack, with France’s dictatorial leader Genet (Anne Charrier) leading the charge.Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Autocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autocratic. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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