Hypertext Webster Gateway: "autocratic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Autocratic \Au`to*crat"ic\, Autocratical \Au`to*crat"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute;
holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. --
{Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
autocratic
adj 1: of the nature of or relating to an autocrat; "an autocratic
ruler" [syn: {autocratical}]
2: relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of
an autocracy; "an autocratic government"; "autocratic
political rule" [syn: {autocratical}]
3: 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" [syn: {bossy}, {dominating}, {high-and-mighty},
{magisterial}, {peremptory}]
4: 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" [syn: {authoritarian}, {dictatorial},
{despotic}, {tyrannical}]
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