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Meaning of
'Autocratic'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Autocratic
[
a.
]
- Alt. of Autocratical
Meaning of 'Autocratic' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
autocratic
[
s
]
Meaning (1):
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Example in sentence:
a bossy way of ordering others around;
a rather aggressive and dominating character;
a swaggering peremptory manner;
an autocratic person;
autocratic behavior;
managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
Meaning (2):
- characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Example in sentence:
a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war;
a tyrannical government;
an authoritarian regime;
autocratic government;
despotic rulers
Nearby Words:
autarchy
authentic
authentical
authentically
authenticalness
authenticate
authenticated
authenticating
authenticity
authenticly
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