figurehead
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈfɪɡərˌhɛd/
:
líder nominal
- As the new CEO, she quickly realized she was merely a figurehead in the company, with no real authority to make decisions.
- figurehead role
In fact, the people are electing A figurehead.
- In fact, the people are electing A figurehead.
- He's he's kind of disappeared, but he is the figurehead of this larger radical terrorist wing.
- I mean, some people suggested that society needs a sort of figurehead, which can be a non existent figurehead in order to function properly.
- It's just, you know, the majors, which is not run by our culture, putting us as figureheads there so that they can say that is still being run by black people, but it's not.
- He's like the the figurehead of medicine of public health, Vivek Murthy is his name.
- Cardone is the the sales figurehead for car sales, for real estate agents, for many different sales businesses.
- Now again, what an astonishing life, an astonishing figurehead and once the the president of of Humanist UK or became Humanist UK.
Examples
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The fact that he's the aged figurehead of the party is a disgrace.
Blog text (15) -
When discussing school-based management, it is often wrongly assumed that principals are only figureheads (Terry, 1999).
Academic text (2003) -
Make him a figurehead king to try to put power in Arab hands.
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We both know I'm just the figurehead here.
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She's been a figurehead for years.
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Joe Biden is the figurehead of the Democratic Party who kind of continued and exacerbated the problems that Trump started.
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Joe Pa was past his prime and was only a figurehead at PSU the last decade.
Blog text (4) -
I'm a completely powerless figurehead.
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He wants to make absolutely sure you're nothing more than a figurehead.
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But gentlemen, if you were to reduce me to a figurehead, a puppet king... manipulated by Parliament, how then would I serve my country?
Synonyms
66
8.8
A person who pretends to run a business to hide illegal activity
5
7.9
A man who acts as the public leader while others secretly control things
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7.7
A person who appears to be the owner to hide the real people in charge
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6.5
A leader who seems to be in charge but is actually controlled by another group or person
A person with a high title who has no real power
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Etymology
Figurehead also came to mean a person who is a figure at the head of a group but only 'for show'. So a figurehead today is someone with the title of leader but little real power.