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quasi-dictators

quasi-dictators is the plural of quasi-dictator.

Meaning of quasi-dictator

Noun

quasi-dictator (plural quasi-dictators)

  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 democracies2012 August 2, Peter Hart, “The Threat (Again) of Left-Wing Latin American Democracy”, in Common Dreams, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020

Questions about quasi-dictators

What is quasi-dictators the plural of?
Quasi-dictators is the plural of quasi-dictator.

Words near quasi-dictators in the dictionary

  1. quasi-crystal
  2. quasi-crystals
  3. quasi-derivative
  4. quasi-derivatives
  5. quasi-dictator
  6. quasi-dictators
  7. quasi-differentiable
  8. quasi-divinity
  9. quasi-easement
  10. quasi-etymological
  11. quasi-fascist

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