How to say "dictator" in Japanese

• 独裁者どくさいしゃ
  nounCovers the literal sense, 'dictator' or 'despot': a person who rules a state with absolute power. Neutral and direct, it suits political news, history, and talk of authoritarian regimes.
  独裁者どくさいしゃは人々ひとびとを虐しいたげた。↗

  The dictator oppressed the people.
• ビッグブラザー
  nounA loanword for 'Big Brother,' the all-seeing ruler of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; seldom the word for an actual dictator, it suits figurative references to intrusive, surveillance-style authority.

Choose 独裁者 for a literal dictator — a person holding absolute power over a state; reserve 「ビッグブラザー」 for the all-seeing, oppressive 'Big Brother' of Orwell's novel, in figurative rather than literal use.

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• 独裁者どくさいしゃdictator
• ビッグブラザーBig Brother