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  • 51potentat — POTENTÁT, potentaţi, s.m. Suveran sau şef de stat atotputernic, care îşi exercită puterea în mod despotic şi arbitrar; autocrat, despot; p. ext. om puternic, influent (datorită poziţiei sale politice ori sociale). – Din fr. potentat, lat.… …

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  • 52satrap — SATRÁP, satrapi, s.m. Guvernator al unei satrapii, cu puteri absolute. ♦ fig. Conducător despotic, rău; p. gener. persoană cu apucături dictatoriale. – Din fr. satrape, lat. satrapes. Trimis de LauraGellner, 16.01.2009. Sursa: DEX 98  SATRÁP s.… …

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  • 53tiran — TIRÁN, Ă, tirani, e, subst., adj. 1. s.m. Stăpânitor absolut al unui stat sau al unei cetăţi greceşti din antichitate (care guverna cu cruzime); p. gener. şef de stat care conduce în mod absolut; despot. 2. adj., s.m. şi f. (Persoană) care… …

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  • 54arbitrary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. despotic, dictatorial; capricious; unreasonable; discretionary, willful. See illegality, authority, will.Ant., planned. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Capricious; said of people ] Syn. willful,… …

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  • 55tyrannical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dictatorial, fascistic, totalitarian, brutal, domineering, lordly; see also absolute 3 , autocratic 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. despotic, dictatorial, autocratic, ironhanded, authoritarian, high handed,… …

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  • 56autocratic — adjective 1. offensively self assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power an autocratic person autocratic behavior a bossy way of ordering others around a rather aggressive and dominating character managed the employees in an aloof… …

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  • 57despotical — adjective belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot • Syn: ↑despotic • Pertains to noun: ↑despot, ↑despot (for: ↑despotic) • Derivationally related forms: ↑de …

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  • 58tyrannic — adjective characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty an authoritarian regime autocratic government despotic rulers a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war a tyrannical government • Syn:… …

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  • 59Free — (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. {Freer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Freest} ( [e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[ o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. pr[=i] to… …

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  • 60Free agency — Free Free (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. {Freer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Freest} ( [e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[ o], fr[=i]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr.… …

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