🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

最高领导人

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zuìgāo lǐngdǎorén

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Supreme leader/suːˈpriːm ˈliː.dər/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"最高领导人发表了重要讲话。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who holds the highest and most absolute authority in a country, often exercising total political and ideological control.

    "The supreme leader announced a new series of economic reforms during the national congress."
  2. 2

    The preeminent head of a religious, political, or revolutionary organization.

    "He was designated as the supreme leader of the movement following the founder's passing."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the English adjective 'supreme' (from Old French 'suprem', from Latin 'supremus', superlative of 'superus') and the noun 'leader' (from Middle English 'leden', meaning to guide or go before). It gained prominent modern political usage in the 20th century to designate authoritarian or totalitarian heads of state who hold ultimate, unchecked power within a nation.

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