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- Definition of autocrat. 1  1 : a person (such as a monarch) ruling with unlimited authority. 2  2 : one who has undisputed influence or power He was the autocrat of his household.
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Hippocrates Hippocrates, (born c. 460 bce, island of Cos, Greece—died c. 375 bce, Larissa, Thessaly), ancient Greek physician who lived during Greece’s Classical period and is traditionally regarded as the father of medicine.
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autocracy autocracy - a political system governed by a single individual. autarchy. monarchy - an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority. form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power.
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Rudolf Virchow Rudolf Virchow Biography German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician, known for his advancement of public health.
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- 1 : a member of an aristocracy; especially : noble an aristocrat by birth. 2a : one who has the bearing and viewpoint typical of the aristocracyb : one who favors aristocracy. 3 : one believed to be superior of its kind the aristocrat of Southern resorts — Southern Living.
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The Gentlemanly Planner of Assassinations Richard Helms when he was director of the CIA. Richard Helms, who died last week at age 89, was described by his biographer Thomas Powers as a gentlemanly planner of assassinations.. The epithet captured the essence of the former CIA director's style: socially correct, bureaucratically adept, operationally nasty.
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- autocratic - 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. authoritarian, tyrannic, tyrannical, despotic, dictatorial.
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Augustus (63 BC - AD 14) Instead of following Caesar's example and making himself dictator, Octavian in 27 BC founded the principate, a system of monarchy headed by an emperor holding power for life. His powers were hidden behind constitutional forms, and he took the name Augustus meaning 'lofty' or 'serene'.
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Hippocrates Hippocrates, (born c. 460 bc , island of Cos, Greece—died c. 375 , Larissa, Thessaly), ancient Greek physician who lived during Greece’s Classical period and is traditionally regarded as the father of medicine.
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- His core concern, as with any despot, is the legitimacy of his pseudo-democratic autocracy - which means, in turn, discrediting the very different features of the liberal democracies of the West. —
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Herbert Spencer Herbert Spencer. Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human mind, and human culture and societies.
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AUTOCRATIC Adj. 1. autocratic-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 magisterial way; a swaggering peremptory manner.
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Benito Mussolini Benito Andrea Amilcare Mussolini (1883-1945) was the Fascist dictator of Italy.A life-long socialist intellectual and self-proclaimed socialist heretic, he was nominated prime minister by Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia, King of Italy, in the time of World War II.enito Andrea Amilcare Mussolini (1883-1945) was the Fascist dictator of Italy.
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bureaucrat The definition of a bureaucrat is a person with an official position in the government, or a term used to describe someone in a position of power who is more concerned with procedure or policy than with people's needs. 1  A senator is an example of a bureaucrat.
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- The leaf part of the aloe vera is a laxative and is not recommended for daily consumption. Aloe vera gel is known to taste more bitter than aloe vera juice. The gel comes from the inner part of the aloe leaf and the juice comes from the outer portions of the leaf.
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- Now you can be fully autocratic or able to rule by yourself when it comes to words with the Greek prefix auto- in them! autograph: signature written by a person herself. autobiography: life history written by the subject person herself. automobile: car that moves by itself.
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- Who ran Mexico for decades as a dictator? Victoriano Huerta Venustiano Carranza Francisco “Pancho” Villa Porfirio Díaz - 3927732
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Autodidacticism Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci is one of history's best known autodidacts. Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning and self-teaching) is the education without the guidance of masters (such as teachers and professors) or institutions (such as schools).
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Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression. A Republican, as Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s he introduced Progressive Era themes of efficiency in the business community and provided government support for standardization, efficiency and international trade. As president from 1929 to 1933, his ambitious programs were overwhelmed by the Great Depression, which seem
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Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933).He was a professional mining engineer and was raised as a Quaker.oover is the most recent cabinet secretary to be elected President of the United States, as well as one of only two Presidents (along with William Howard Taft) elected without electoral experience or high military rank.
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Francis Galton Sir Francis Galton was an English explorer, anthropologist, eugenicist, geographer and meteorologist. He is noted for his pioneering research on human intelligence and his statistical concept of correlation. He is often called the “father of eugenics”.
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The Gilded Age Grover Cleveland. 22nd and 24th president, Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes.   .
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- aristocrat. noun. 1  A member of a ruling class or of the nobility. 2  A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy: a natural aristocrat who insists on the best accommodations. 3  A person who advocates government by an aristocracy. 4  One considered the best of its kind: the aristocrat of cars.
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Hippocrates (c. 450âc. 380 B.C.E.) Hippocrates (c. 450—c. 380 B.C.E.). Hippocrates of Cos was said to have lived sometime between 450 BCE to 380 BCE. He was a physician, and the writings of the Corpus Hippocraticum provide a wealth of information on biomedical methodology and offer one of the first reflective codes of professional ethics.
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Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933). He was a professional mining engineer and was raised as a Quaker.
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- Otto von Guericke. Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke, German: [ˈɡeːʁɪkə]; November 20, 1602 – May 11, 1686 (Julian calendar); November 30, 1602 – May 21, 1686 (Gregorian calendar)) was a German scientist, inventor, and politician.