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dictator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | authoritarian |
| Type of | oppressor |
| Has types | martinet, moralist, big brother, disciplinarian |
| Derivation | dictate |
my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime.
dictator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | verbalizer, speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser |
| Derivation | dictate |
Examples of dictator
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Many questions remain about the death of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
From the washingtonpost.com
Tina's family sold their castle to the dictator as he renamed the country Zaire.
From the independent.co.uk
The property of the dictator and his kin have become targets of popular revenge.
From the time.com
The Shah, after all, was a dictator and not the leader of an elected government.
From the cnn.com
For the first time, he says, an African country would judge an African dictator.
From the voanews.com
Critics say their new leader is acting like a dictator and has not gained trust.
From the sacbee.com
In 1990, the ex-Chadian dictator fled to Senegal after being toppled from power.
From the voanews.com
If this were a benevolent dictator, there could be perfect equality if he chose.
From the economist.com
Barrios then appointed attorney Cesar Calderon to represent the former dictator.
From the npr.org
- A speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
- A ruler who is unconstrained by law
- Authoritarian: a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
- (dictatorial) of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"
- (dictatorial) authoritarian: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
- (dictatorial) authoritarian: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
- A dictator is a ruler (e.g. absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power (sometimes but not always with military control) but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch. ...
- The Dictator is a 1935 British historical drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Clive Brook, Madeleine Carroll, Emlyn Williams and Helen Haye. The film depicts the tumoltous relationship between King Christian VII of Denmark and his English wife in eighteenth century Copenhagen.
- A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. It has three possible meanings: #A Roman dictator was the incumbent of a political office of the Roman Republic. ...
