Autocratic
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of an autocracy; "an autocratic government"; "autocratic political rule"
[adj] of the nature of or relating to an autocrat; "an autocratic ruler"
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Synonyms
authoritarian, autocratical, bossy, despotic, dictatorial, dominating, domineering, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory, tyrannical, undemocratic
Related Terms
absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, ascendant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autonomous, bossy, bureaucratic, civic, civil, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerabl