AUTOCRATIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does autocratic mean? • AUTOCRATIC (adjective)
The adjective AUTOCRATIC has 2 senses:
1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
2. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Familiarity information: AUTOCRATIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AUTOCRATIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Synonyms:
high-and-mighty; bossy; autocratic; peremptory; magisterial; dominating
Context examples:
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
Similar:
domineering (tending to domineer)
Meaning:
Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Synonyms:
authoritarian; autocratic; despotic; tyrannical; dictatorial
Context examples:
an authoritarian regime / autocratic government / despotic rulers / a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war / a tyrannical government
Similar:
undemocratic (not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals)
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