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Contexts Rigorous or stern control Someone who oppresses another or others A method of ruling characterized by autocracy or dictatorship Noun ▲ Rigorous or stern control control grip jackboot big stick firm hand hard line heavy hand high hand iron boot iron fist iron rule mailed fist strong hand tight grasp tight hand tight rein tight ship oppression “The fact is that India has realised that the only way to tackle China is with an iron hand in a velvet glove.” Noun ▲ Someone who oppresses another or others oppressor despot tyrant autocrat bully dictator intimidator persecutor scourge tormentor slave-driver subjugator caesar fuehrer pharaoh strongman taskmaster tyrannizer authoritarian harrier martinet teaser torturer hard taskmaster absolute ruler man on horseback slave driver totalitarian disciplinarian absolutist monocrat autarch Hitler fascist slavedriver Big Brother leader boss chief ringleader commander tycoon adviser usurper oligarch magnate mogul inquisitor tormenter fuhrer control freak Simon Legree overlord king brutal taskmaster hard master overseer of slaves ruler supremo monarch sovereign potentate prince empress emperor sovran czar lord head of state queen sultan kaiser shah khan princess majesty mikado dynast bossyboots tsar imperator ethnarch chieftain crowned head Stalin autocrator hardass royalty megalomaniac baron dame lady governor duchess czarina caliph royal rajah gerent countess maharajah pasha baroness contessa count tetrarch duke controller rex sultana maharani rani Noun ▲ A method of ruling characterized by autocracy or dictatorship iron fist despotism autocracy totalitarianism fascism dictatorship monocracy suppression subjugation cruelty authoritarianism subjection brutality repression persecution harshness domination severity suffering maltreatment ruthlessness control injustice torment abuse abusiveness exploitation injury harassment misery enslavement hardship pain tyranny coercion oppression anguish subduing force forcibleness conquering calamity compulsion hardness ill-treatment martial law oppressiveness strictness unjustness totality bullying terrorism unreasonableness high-handedness harsh discipline absolutism autarchy tsarism totalism czarism Caesarism victimizationUS victimisationUK mistreatment slavery absolute rule absolute power constraint discrimination censorship subjugating bondage punishment torture vanquishing overpowering dominating conquest subjecting mastery tyrannization monarchy dystopia affliction totalitarian government ill usage witch hunt manipulation misuse violation wronging malevolence unkindness Fascism imposition Nazism dictatorialism taking advantage undemocratic rule garrison state unlimited rule unfair treatment abuse of single party rule rough treatment reign of terror imposing on Find more words! 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