autocratic | ||
1. | [ adjective ] offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power | |
Synonyms: | peremptory dominating magisterial high-and-mighty bossy | |
Examples: | "an autocratic person" "autocratic behavior" "a bossy way of ordering others around" "a rather aggressive and dominating character" "a swaggering peremptory manner" |
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Related terms: | domineering | |
2. | [ adjective ] (politics) relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of an autocracy | |
Synonyms: | autocratical | |
Examples: | "an autocratic government" "autocratic political rule" |
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Related terms: | autocracy autocracy | |
3. | [ adjective ] of the nature of or relating to an autocrat | |
Synonyms: | autocratical | |
Examples: | "an autocratic ruler" |
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Related terms: | tyrant tyrant | |
4. | [ adjective ] (politics) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | |
Synonyms: | authoritarian tyrannical despotic dictatorial | |
Examples: | "an authoritarian regime" "autocratic government" "despotic rulers" "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war" "a tyrannical government" |
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Related terms: | undemocratic | |
Similar spelling: |
autocratical autocrat autocracy autographic autograft |