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tyrant(person, master, boss, severity)
21
dictator(person, bully, over, ruler)
19
autocrat(person, master, over, tyrant)
18
oppressor(boss, severity, bully, chief)
9
disciplinarian(person, severity)
9
martinet(person, severity, over, disciplinarian)
6
totalitarian(person, boss, over, tyrant)
6
absolute ruler(expression, idiom, boss, bully)
6
bully
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authoritarian(person, over)
5
führer(over, dictator)
5
potentate(master, monarch)
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czar
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monarch(master, ruler)
4
oligarch
4
overlord
4
sovereign
4
stickler
3
strongman(over, authoritarian, tyrant, dictator)
2
Hitler
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