Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 47 iron fisted 41 authoritarian 40 strongman 40 iron fist 39 father Hafez 38 iron fisted rule 37 specter 36 iron grip 35 authoritarian regime 35 dictator 35 authoritarian rule 34 domineering 33 theocracy 33 communist 33 autocratic 32 repressive regime 32 despot 32 warlord 32 ruler 31 tyrant 31 de facto ruler 31 sidestepped 31 autocrat 30 questions 30 Fidel Castro 30 repressive 30 autocratic rule 29 strongmen 29 President Hosni Mubarak 29 waged bloody 29 authoritarian regimes 29 swirled 28 stifle dissent 28 octogenarian 28 Communist Party 28 autocratic regime 28 fended off 28 absolute monarchy 28 dictatorial 27 hackles 27 uprising 27 Institutional Revolutionary Party 27 protege 27 dictatorship 27 dictator Suharto 27 President Lansana Conte 27 Hosni Mubarak 27 rubber stamp parliament 27 imperious 27 eyebrows 27 evasive 27 sidestepping 27 legality 27 Communist 27 regime 27 parrying 27 questioners 27 overbearing 26 hardline 26 tyrannical 26 dodged 26 ruthless 26 question 26 fending off 26 bloodless coup 26 dogged 26 disciplinarian 26 totalitarian regime 26 eyebrow 26 rebuking 26 sidesteps 26 fiefdom 26 totalitarian 26 powerbroker 26 rulers 26 rebellion 25 questioner 25 rebellious 25 President Eduard Shevardnadze 25 rhetorically 25 defiance 25 skirted 25 parried 25 firebrand 25 raised 25 dictatorial regime 25 insurrection 25 obedient 25 despotic 25 tightly controlled 25 autocrats 25 demurs 25 confronting 25 circumspect 25 specters 25 paternalistic 25 Col. Moammar Gadhafi 25 Eyadema 25 cagey 24 noncommittal 24 hardliner