Dictator and Monarch

Dictator

Dictator noun - A person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way.

Usage example: the dictator had a fierce stranglehold on the country, keeping its people in poverty and ignorance

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Monarch and dictator are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Monarch" instead a noun "Dictator".

Monarch noun - One who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority.

Usage example: the ruling monarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I

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Dictator and monarch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dictator" instead a noun "Monarch".

good	good dictator	good monarch
certain	certain dictator	certain monarch
alien	alien dictator	alien monarch
future	future dictator	future monarch
Other adjectives: current, benevolent, corrupt, powerful, real, evil, absolute, cruel, tyrannical, supreme, new, sole, late, former, next, last, competent, insane, eponymous, European.

There are no democratic governments — all large towns or cities have a monarch or dictator, and all small towns are communist.

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In The Alloy of Law, set in the same world several centuries down the line, the human civilization has developed into a functioning democracy with no monarch or dictator in sight.

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The way most people blame the president, you'd assume that the president is some kind of Single-person Dictator or Monarch who gets whatever s/he wants when they're in office.

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