Definition of autocratic Autocratic

/ɔˌtʌkɹæˈtɪk/ - [otukratik] - au•to•crat•ic

We found 5 definitions of autocratic from 3 different sources.

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What does autocratic mean?

WordNet

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Adjective

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"
  bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory
  domineering tending to domineer
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"
  authoritarian, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
  undemocratic not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals; "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures"
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  • autocratic (a.)
    Alt. of Autocratical

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