absolute monarch
Americannoun
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For Hobbes, the state of nature was so violent and chaotic that rational individuals would readily consent to the authority of an absolute monarch to establish law and order.
From Slate ● May 9, 2024
And the sultan of Brunei, an absolute monarch who imposes a hard-line interpretation of Islam, will also be among the guests.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
Roy, whose last name derives from the Norman word for “king,” ruled over his media dynasty like an absolute monarch and showed little mercy to anyone who stood in his way — even family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
As an absolute monarch, Francis wields supreme legislative, executive and judicial power in Vatican City.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
Since the Inca bureaucracy was so strongly identified with its godlike absolute monarch, it disintegrated after Atahuallpa’s death.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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