what does autocratic mean?
AUTOCRATIC as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
- having absolute sovereignty
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- an authoritarian regime
- autocratic government
- despotic rulers
- a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
- a tyrannical government
Similar To
- Meaning
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
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- an autocratic person
- autocratic behavior
- a bossy way of ordering others around
- a rather aggressive and dominating character
- managed the employees in an aloof magisteri
Similar To
- Meaning
- relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of an autocracy
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- an autocratic government
- autocratic political rule
Pertainym(s)
- Meaning
- of the nature of or relating to an autocrat
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