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quasi-dictator

noun

Etymology

From quasi- + dictator.

  1. borrowed from dictātor — “a chief magistrate”
  2. formed as quasi-dictator — “quasi- + dictator”

Definitions

  1. A leader that rules dictatorially but still allows some freedoms.

    • In the Washington Post on July 22 (under the headline "Latin America's New Authoritarians"), reporter Juan Forero explains that today's quasi-dictators are clever enough to rule in what are nominally democracies
    • These practices, mixed with an intentional weakening of political opposition, allowed Mubarak to rule as a quasi-dictator (Bery, 2011).

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