dictator
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈdɪkˌteɪtər/
:
dictador
- Many citizens protested against the dictator's oppressive regime, demanding democracy.
- overthrow a dictator
- oust a dictator
- corrupt dictator
And every time the West removes a dictator, it doesn't go well.
- And every time the West removes a dictator, it doesn't go well.
- The great thing about America is here, kings and dictators do not rule that people do.
- And what generally happens to dictators or leaders like Putin?
- We have all of the world's dictators colluding together.
- There are left wing dictators and there are right wing dictators.
- He'd been a dictator in Egypt for decades.
- I fought for the ones that were enslaved, held down by dictators, starved.
- Gaza it was and they were thrown out by by a dictator, right?
- Every single war, hundreds of them, kings, Queens, emperors, dictators.
- So everything that they fought against that dictator, they have now become.
- Those were the where the king dictator's monuments were.
- Why not because of this or that dictator that took power.
- It did a a guy becoming a dictator very close to happening.
Examples
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Four decades ago, a Third World dictator threatened American interests in a crucial region.
Academic text (1999) -
Sweetheart, we just saved you from the worst dictator this continent has ever seen.
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The idea that victims can bring to justice a dictator is what this is all about.
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Do you think it would be realistic for a dictator to rise to power now?
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We were allies with India, but Pakistan had a dictator that was friendly to China.
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He'd been a dictator in Egypt for decades.
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And every time the West removes a dictator, it doesn't go well.
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Hynkel the dictator ruled the nation with an iron fist.
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J. B. Tito was the Yugoslav communist dictator for thirty-five years.
Fiction book (1995) -
The dictator ruled the country with absolute power, ignoring the needs of the people.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who has power over a country or its people
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7.7
A military leader who controls a region by force and answers to no one when the government is weak
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8.4
A person who has great power and controls a country or people
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7.7
A ruler who has all power and treats people cruelly
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8.4
A ruler in ancient Greece who took power by force and ruled cruelly
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8.3
A ruler who has all power and treats people cruelly
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7.4
A male political leader who keeps power by using force and fear
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9.4
A ruler with very great power who is not limited by law
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8.2
A person who expects people to follow orders and allows little freedom
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9.9
A ruler who has complete power over a country and its people
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9.9
A ruler who has almost total power and controls others
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8.0
A ruler with all power who uses it to help the people
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9.9
A military or political leader in Spanish-speaking countries who rules with strong personal power
Antonyms
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How Authoritarian
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Morphology
Etymology
Dictator comes from the Latin root dicere 'to say' or 'declare', the same root you see in dictate and dictionary. In ancient Rome a dictator was a person given full power to speak and decide in an emergency, so today a dictator is a ruler with absolute power.