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| Main Entry: | autocrat |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | an absolute monarch who rules with unlimited authority; by extension, any person with undisputed authority in a relationship or situation |
| Etymology: | Greek autokrates 'ruling by oneself' |
| Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7) Copyright © 2003-2008 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC |
Autocrat
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au·to·crat 
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| 1. | an absolute ruler, esp. a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government as by inherent right, not subject to restrictions. |
| 2. | a person invested with or claiming to exercise absolute authority. |
| 3. | a person who behaves in an authoritarian manner; a domineering person. |
[Origin: 1795–1805; < Gk autokrat
s self-ruling, ruling alone, equiv. to auto- auto-1 + krat- (s. of krátos power) + -és adj. suffix]
s self-ruling, ruling alone, equiv. to auto- auto-1 + krat- (s. of krátos power) + -és adj. suffix] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
| au·to·crat
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n.
[French autocrate, from Greek autokratēs, ruling by oneself : auto-, auto- + -kratēs, -crat.] au'to·crat'ic, au'to·crat'i·cal adj., au'to·crat'i·cal·ly adv. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
autocrat
1803, from Fr. autocrate, from Gk. autokrates "ruling by oneself," from autos- "self" (comb. form) + kratia "rule," from kratos "strength, power" (see -cracy). First used by Robert Southey, with reference to Napoleon. An earlier form was autocrator (1789), used in ref. to the Russian Czars. Earliest form in Eng. is the fem. autocratress (1762). Autocracy dates from 1655 in the meaning "self-sustained power;" as "absolute government" it is attested from 1855.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| autocrat | |
noun | |
| a cruel and oppressive dictator [syn: tyrant] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
autocrat [ˈoːtəkrӕt] noun
a ruler who has total control
Example: The Tsars of Russia were autocrats.
See also: autocracy, autocraticExample: The Tsars of Russia were autocrats.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Autocrat
Au*toc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. Autocracies. [Gr. ?: cf. F. autocratie. See Autocrat.]1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. --South. 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. --Barlow. 4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] --Dunglison.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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