authoritarian ruler
C2794
concept
An authoritarian ruler is a leader who centralizes power, limits political freedoms, and governs through coercion, control, and minimal accountability to the populace or other institutions.
Aliases (7)
- fascist leader ×3
- ancient Greek tyrant ×2
- tyrant ×2
- Athenian tyrant ×1
- Fascist leader ×1
- authoritarian leader ×1
- authoritarian title ×1
Instances (13)
- Italo Balbo ("Fascist leader")
- Oswald Mosley ("fascist leader")
- Kim Jong Il ("authoritarian leader")
- Polycrates of Samos ("ancient Greek tyrant")
- Hipparchus of Athens ("Athenian tyrant")
- Hafez al-Assad
- Ante Pavelić ("fascist leader")
- Duce ("authoritarian title")
- Muammar Gaddafi
- Polyzalus of Gela ("tyrant")
- Eoin O'Duffy ("fascist leader")
- Cleisthenes of Sicyon ("ancient Greek tyrant")
- Dionysius I of Syracuse ("tyrant")