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AUTOCRATIC
authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; “an authoritarian regime”; “autocratic government”; “despotic rulers”; “a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war”; “a tyrannical government”
autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory
(adjective) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; “an autocratic person”; “autocratic behavior”; “a bossy way of ordering others around”; “a rather aggressive and dominating character”; “managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way”; “a swaggering peremptory manner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
autocratic (comparative more autocratic, superlative most autocratic)
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
Synonyms
• despotic
• dictatorial
Anagrams
• actuatoric
Source: Wiktionary
Au`to*crat"ic, Au`to*crat"ic*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
– Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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