au·to·crat (ô t -kr t )n. 1. A ruler having unlimited power; a despot. 2. A person with unlimited power or authority: a corporate autocrat. [French autocrate, from Greek autokrat  s, ruling by oneself : auto-, auto- + -krats, -crat.]au to·cratic, auto·crati·cal adj.au to·crati·cal·ly adv. |
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| Adj. | 1. | autocratic - 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" domineering - tending to domineer |
| 2. |  autocratic - 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"undemocratic - not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals; "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures" |
autocratic
adjective dictatorial, absolute, unlimited, all-powerful, imperious, domineering, tyrannical, despotic, tyrannous
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