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autocrat

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɔːtəkɹæt/Part of speech nounSorted aacorttuStarts with AEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a cruel and oppressive dictator

Word origin

Borrowed from French autocrate, itself from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) (combining form of αὐτός (autós)) + κράτος (krátos, “strength, power”) + -ης (-ēs). By surface analysis, auto- + -crat.

Used in a sentence

  • Your salary is high; you are to have apartments in the house; and to be the autocrat of the library, where, I shrewdly suspect, your reign will be undisturbed.
  • We’ve gotten used to headlines predicting the demise of democracy. While the threats we face are real, a glance around the globe shows that it’s autocrats who are in retreat right now.
  • If Trump defies the Court, there is little to restrain him from acting as an autocrat, given the supplication of Republicans in Congress.

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