Autocratic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autocratic \Au`to*crat"ic\, Autocratical \Au`to*crat"ic*al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute;
     holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. --
     {Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  autocratic
       adj 1: of the nature of or relating to an autocrat; "an autocratic
              ruler" [syn: {autocratical}]
       2: relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of
          an autocracy; "an autocratic government"; "autocratic
          political rule" [syn: {autocratical}]
       3: 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" [syn: {bossy}, {dominating}, {high-and-mighty},
           {magisterial}, {peremptory}]
       4: 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" [syn: {authoritarian}, {dictatorial},
           {despotic}, {tyrannical}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "autocratic":
     absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic,
     arrogant, ascendant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative,
     authorized, autonomous, bossy, bureaucratic, civic, civil,
     clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential,
     considerable, constitutional, controlling, democratic, despotic,
     dictatorial, dominant, domineering, duly constituted, eminent,
     empowered, ex officio, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic,
     feudal, governing, governmental, great, grinding, gubernatorial,
     haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heteronomous, high-handed,
     imperative, imperial, imperious, important, influential, leading,
     lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, matriarchal,
     matriarchic, mighty, momentous, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic,
     monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, oppressive,
     overbearing, overruling, overweening, parliamentarian,
     parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, peremptory, pluralistic,
     political, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, prominent,
     puissant, ranking, repressive, republican, ruling, self-governing,
     senior, severe, strict, substantial, superior, suppressive,
     supreme, theocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous,
     weighty