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autocratic

[aw-tuh-krat-ik] / ˌɔ təˈkræt ɪk /


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This time, he’s rewriting the entire script, to be staged on a set decked out in the definitive material of autocratic decadence: gold.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Not only is the rise of autocratic leaders “objectively bad for the world,” he adds, but the feeling that the show “didn’t go far enough” is also “unsettling,” to put it lightly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The daughter of autocratic former leader Alberto Fujimori, she enjoys high levels of name recognition among voters.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

In Tehran and beyond, residents worry they will be left with a devastated country and the same autocratic rulers as before the war began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The Housing Authority was headed by a former cotton mill executive named Carvie Oldham, who ran public housing with the same autocratic and ruthless style that had marked his tenure in the mill.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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