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Recent Examples of caudillo
Trump, it’s claimed, cannot present affinities with fascism because there is no such thing as fascism in America; this is why Trumpism belongs to a special historical pathway that separates the American caudillo from other global histories, especially the history of fascism and postfascism.
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Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
Others were more sanguine, confident that after more than two decades of reforms designed to modernize the country, Mexican institutions were strong enough to contain the ambitions of the 65-year-old caudillo.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
Russian caudillo Vladimir Putin plans to use Ukraine as the stage for an opera in three acts: Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Kolonisation.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
Putin is a ridiculous caudillo running a third-rate gangster state with a GDP per capita that is half of Lithuania’s and barely ahead of Kazakhstan’s.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Jan. 2022
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Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
Others were more sanguine, confident that after more than two decades of reforms designed to modernize the country, Mexican institutions were strong enough to contain the ambitions of the 65-year-old caudillo.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
Russian caudillo Vladimir Putin plans to use Ukraine as the stage for an opera in three acts: Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Kolonisation.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
Putin is a ridiculous caudillo running a third-rate gangster state with a GDP per capita that is half of Lithuania’s and barely ahead of Kazakhstan’s.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caudillo
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Players can use their warlords as their in-game profile pictures.Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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Here’s a population of wicked beings, created by Morgoth (again: Satan) and in service of a warlord set on conquering the world and subjecting all its people.Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
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Maggie setting Marge on fire to stop her mom from chopping her into pieces with a kitchen knife is more subversive — and upsetting — than any Disney-era dig from The Simpsons at its corporate overlords.Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Many of these sexagenarians have built empires from the ground up, guided their companies through mergers, spinoffs and acquisitions, and have skillfully steered their workforces through an ever-revolving series of corporate overlords.Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.Letters to the Editor, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2020
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Under the unconditional patronage of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kadyrov rules his republic as a totalitarian, and has done so since taking power in May 2004, after his father, then President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.Layla Taimienova, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2017
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A number of sports potentates will be making the Idaho scene, at a moment when tens of billions of dollars are changing hands in pursuit of ever-valuable rights.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 July 2024
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By cracking the whip on local potentates, the party bolsters its already substantial public support and reinforces the power of central institutions.Dali Yang, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
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The public can’t handle the truth Recent political shows have settled into a mode that suggests the proletariat is, well, dumb — think of how The Regime depicts the populace of its unnamed country cheering for Kate Winslet’s mustard-fetishizing autocrat.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The country’s revolution inspired millions of people across the Middle East to rise up against their own autocrats.Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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Lucius returns to Rome after being forced into slavery to battle not as a ruler but as a gladiator out for revenge and power, seeking to return the glory of Rome to its people.Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2024
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The political treatise, dedicated to Florentine ruler Lorenzo Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici, was circulated as a manuscript before Machiavelli’s death in 1527.Amarachi Orie, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Venus at the top of your chart guarantees a warm reception with bosses and VIPs.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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His short-sighted banishment of a legend — and an earner — like Dwight Manfredi to Tulsa was cited by the other bosses as a reason for his ouster.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s critics often accuse him of being or aspiring to be a strongman, or an autocrat, or even a fascist dictator.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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One in five Americans think Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany, did some good things, a new survey has found.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Caudillo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caudillo. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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