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Noun
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Trump is somewhat incompetent at being an autocrat right now.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
6 June 2025 -
Others counter that labeling Trump an autocrat is alarmist.—
Daniel Treisman,
The Conversation,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The Russian tyrant has now cost his country hundreds of thousands of lives and huge portions of its military capability.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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Never mind that the Dodgers have been a rip-roaring success on the Golden Coast and that O’Malley was forced into a corner by a New York City tyrant named Robert Moses.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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In theory, Lee and Trump are well suited as a pair to wrangle the North Korean dictator.—
John Delury,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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Individual rights shield us from the initiation of physical force – whether by tax collectors, or dictators threatening us with missiles.—
Ben Bayer,
Oc Register,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Not all commercial wildflower seed mixes are created equal in the eyes of our insect overlords.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Neo’s human overlords can use a touchscreen on the robot to direct it to the area that needs cleaning—either as part of scheduled upkeep, or when someone (ahem) spills their soda.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 June 2025
Noun
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In the aftermath of great empires, regional warlords allied, feuded and fought each other for centuries before nations emerged, and largely did the same.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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The zombie warlord is an interdimensional memeplex called SCP-3125.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
28 May 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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But where Trump sees military might and American exceptionalism, his critics see a wannabe strongman putting on a parade for himself.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
28 May 2025
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While Putin’s predominant image in the outside world is that of a ruthless strongman, for domestic audiences the Kremlin has tried to soften this image.—
Peter Rutland,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
Noun
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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 18 Jun. 2025.
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