strongman
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈstrɔŋˌmæn/
- Literature
:
dictador
- Before the U.S. disengagement in 1985, many Filipinos assumed that American support of Marcos made the strongman invulnerable.
- strongman Noriega
- Panamanian strongman
- strongman Manuel
So there is no other branch of government, No jacked billionaire zaddy, no political strongman coming to save us.
- So there is no other branch of government, No jacked billionaire zaddy, no political strongman coming to save us.
- It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strongman stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
- Strongman means strongman, and that's why dictators tend to be men.
- And that is the defining moment, I think for the strongman.
- Speaking to Tom for the last three years, it's interesting to see how his mindset has been so concrete around his beliefs in strongman.
- We're kind of pushing, pushing strongman to the forefront in in Scotland and I, I truly believe that's a kind of reaction to how well Tom and I have done.
Examples
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Charged with crimes against humanity, the one-time strongman will face a military tribunal.
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Still more served in the personal militia of Ramzan Kadyrov, the local strongman picked by Moscow to be Chechnya's president.
Academic text (2010) -
"The far right wants a strongman, the far left wants peace.
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What will the Kremlin's strongman do next?
Academic text (2015) -
Castilla is now widely perceived as the strongman of the administration.
Academic text (2016) -
But most favor achieving this security through democratic means, not under some "benevolent" strongman.
Academic text (2004) -
Therefore, Syria's Alawite strongman, President Bashar Assad, had to go.
Academic text (2015) -
Through a series of military coups and counter-coups, Major General Ziaur Rahman had emerged as strongman by November 1975.
Academic text (1998) -
In February 1988, federal courts in Florida indicted Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega for drug smuggling.
Academic text (2010) -
The authoritarian government was led by a strongman who suppressed dissent with violence.
Synonyms
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4.2
A ruler with complete power who often takes control by force and ignores the law
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5.8
A person in power who treats others cruelly and unfairly
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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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7.7
A ruler who has all power and treats people cruelly
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8.3
A ruler who has all power and treats people cruelly
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8.9
A person who tries to control others and make all important decisions
Antonyms
How Authoritarian
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Strongman is made of strong ('powerful') and man, and a helpful way to remember the political use is to think of a leader who rules by force. That's why a strongman today can mean a male ruler who keeps control through violence or fear.