White supremacist: a person who
believes in a racist ideology centered upon the belief, and promotion of the
belief, that white people are superior in certain characteristics, traits, and
attributes to people of other racial backgrounds and that therefore white
people should politically, economically and socially rule non-white people.
Autocrat: a person invested with or claiming to
exercise absolute authority. A person who behaves in an authoritarian manner; a
domineering person.
Megalomaniac: a person with a mania for
great or grandiose performance, which comes from a delusional mental disorder
that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur. A megalomaniac
will have an unnaturally strong wish for power and control, or the belief that
he/she is very much more important and powerful than they really are.
Nationalist: a person with a devotion,
especially excessive or undiscriminating devotion, to the interests or culture
of a particular nation-state and a belief that nations will benefit from acting
independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than
international goals.
Authoritarian: favoring or enforcing strict
obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. Synonyms include:
autocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian, despotic, tyrannical, autarchic,
draconian, absolute, arbitrary, oppressive, repressive, illiberal,
undemocratic, anti-democratic.
Oligarch: a person who believes that a country,
business, etc., should be controlled by a small group of people. The leader of
a small group of people who control the government.
Conspiracy theorist: one who
expounds a belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible
for an unexplained event.
Hypocrite: someone who says they have particular
moral beliefs but behaves in way that shows these are not sincere: a person who
pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he
or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie
stated beliefs.
Nuclear codes: The Gold Codes are the
launch codes for nuclear weapons provided to the Presidents of the United
States in their role as Commander-in-Chief of the United States armed forces.
In conjunction with the nuclear football, the Gold Codes allow the president to
authorize a nuclear attack.
Last but not least:
Conscience: a person's moral sense of right and
wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behavior. The complex of ethical
and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an
individual.
See also: a guilty conscience, a question/matter of
conscience, to follow the dictates of conscience.
Happy trials, Martin
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