autocrat
/AW-tuh-krat/nouna ruler with absolute power
“The autocrat tolerated elections only when he could count them.”
- Synonyms
- dictator, despot, tyrant
- Antonyms
- democrat
- Root
- auto- (self)
- Memory hook
- auto (self) + crat (rule): ruling by oneself alone.
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