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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