Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quasi-dictator

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: quasi--dic-ta-tor
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leader that rules dictatorially but still allows some freedoms.

Example Sentences

"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)."

Etymology

From quasi- + dictator.

Inflected Forms

quasi-dictators (plural)

Questions

What does quasi-dictator mean?: A leader that rules dictatorially but still allows some freedoms.
Where does quasi-dictator come from?: From quasi- + dictator.

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