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autocrat noun [ ˈɔːtəkrat ]

• a ruler who has absolute power.
• "like many autocrats, Franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive"
Similar: absolute ruler, dictator, despot, tyrant, monocrat, authoritarian, absolutist,
Origin: early 19th century: from French autocrate, from Greek autokratēs, from autos ‘self’ + kratos ‘power’.


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