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autocrat

 noun
     
Related topics: Government
au‧to‧crat [countable]
1 someone who makes decisions and gives orders to people without asking them for their opinion
2PG a ruler who has complete power over a country
—autocratic adjective:
an autocratic leadership style
—autocratically adverb
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