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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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- Mugabe is an octogenarian autocrat in power for three decades.
- The emir does not pretend he is anything but a benevolent modernising autocrat.
- At a simple level, it is becoming harder over time for an autocrat to cling to power for long periods of time.
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| 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
EXPANDthe Russian Czars. Earliest form in Eng. is the fem. autocratress (1762).
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