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autocrat in French

autocrat in French is autocrate — autocrat means a ruler who holds complete and unlimited power.

autocrat in French

autocrate
noun
An absolute ruler with infinite power.

What does "autocrat" mean?

  1. noun A ruler who holds complete and unlimited power.
    "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."
  2. noun A royal title once used by certain monarchs, for example in Byzantium and in tsarist Russia.
  3. noun Before the 1900s, an admiring term for a ruler seen as above petty conflicts and marked out by dignity and power.
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autocrat in a sentence

  • 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.

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What is "autocrat" in French?
"autocrat" in French is autocrate. autocrat means: A ruler who holds complete and unlimited power.
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