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au·to·crat  (ôt-krt)
n.
1. A ruler having unlimited power; a despot.
2. A person with unlimited power or authority: a corporate autocrat.
[French autocrate, from Greek autokrats, ruling by oneself : auto-, auto- + -krats, -crat.]
auto·cratic, auto·crati·cal adj.
auto·crati·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.autocratically - in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator; "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues"
dictatorially, magisterially
2.autocratically - in an autocratic manner; "the Czars ruled Russia autocratically"


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