autocrat
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təˌkræt noun
1.
an absolute ruler, especially 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; < Greek autokratḗs self-ruling, ruling alone, equivalent to auto- auto-1 + krat- (stem of krátos power) + -ēs adj. suffix
1795–1805; < Greek autokratḗs self-ruling, ruling alone, equivalent to auto- auto-1 + krat- (stem of krátos power) + -ēs adj. suffix
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| —n | |
| 1. | a ruler who possesses absolute and unrestricted authority |
| 2. | a domineering or dictatorial person |
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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' |
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Word Origin & History
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).
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Example sentences
It was clear as soon as the stage lights went up that this was not some low-rent puny-autocrat shtick.
It appears, however, that not even an unchallenged autocrat can repeal the laws of supply and demand.
The emir does not pretend he is anything but a benevolent modernising autocrat.
Gaines is neither a my-way-or-the-highway autocrat nor a rah-rah motivator.
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