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autocratic

[ aw-tuh-krat-ik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of autocracy or of an autocrat; absolute

    autocratic government.

  2. like an autocrat; tyrannical; despotic; domineering:

    autocratic behavior; an autocratic person.



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Other Words From

  • au·to·crat·i·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of autocratic1

First recorded in 1815–25; autocrat + -ic

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Example Sentences

Close attachment to autocratic regimes by the West pays short-term dividends but will antagonize generations of Muslims.

The modern air forces built by autocratic Arab monarchies are designed primarily for self-defense, not attack.

How does one punish the autocratic, omnipotent president of a quasi-superpower?

In October of 2011, Libya was finally freed from autocratic rule after 42 years of oppression under the dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

The autocratic leader criticized Obama for his past insistence on the exceptional role America can play in the world.

If we turn again in a new direction, it will at any rate not be in the direction of a return to autocratic mediævalism.

Beside autocratic kingship it shines with a white light; it is obviously the portal of the future.

That he was an autocratic chairman, his brother directors, were they now living, would I am sure attest.

The autocratic emperors of Rome went so far as to claim in some cases to be gods themselves.

He substitutes the constitutional system for the autocratic system, a responsible ministry for an absolute conjugal monarchy.

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