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say it: aw-tuh-KRAT-ik
autocratic is an adjective meaning "offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power". It carries 2 recorded senses.
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
“an autocratic person”
“autocratic behavior”
“a bossy way of ordering others around”
“a rather aggressive and dominating character”
“managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way”
“a swaggering peremptory manner”
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
“an authoritarian regime”
“autocratic government”
“despotic rulers”
“a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war”
“a tyrannical government”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for autocratic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.